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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Nutech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US);

Inventors:

Carrick Detweiler, Lincoln, NE (US);

Brittany Anne Duncan, Lincoln, NE (US);

Justin Mathew Bradley, Lincoln, NE (US);

Jacob Hogberg, Lincoln, NE (US);

Paul Adam Plowcha, Papillion, NE (US);

Assignee:

NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); B64U 20/00 (2023.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); B64U 20/00 (2023.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for sensor emplacement using unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). In some examples, a UAS includes a propulsion system and a sensor emplacement system including an auger and one or more motors. The UAS includes a control system configuring for controlling the propulsion system to land the UAS at a sensor emplacement site and controlling the one or more motors of the sensor emplacement system to drive the auger into soil at the sensor emplacement site. The control system is configured for measuring one or more augering parameters from the sensor emplacement system; and determining, using an autonomous system trained on soil data and augering data, one or more soil classification values for the soil based on the one or more augering parameters.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Detweiler, Carrick. (2026). Sensor emplacement using unmanned aircraft systems (U.S. Patent No. 12655740). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12655740

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