MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611008308 A) filed by I. T. S Engineering College; and Harshit Dubey, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Jan. 28, for 'smart soil probe apparatus with energy harvesting and automated targeted intervention capabilities.'
Inventor(s) include Harshit Dubey.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a self-contained, solar-powered, autonomous smart agricultural probe designed for precision farming applications. The invention integrates real-time soil health monitoring, environmental presence detection, automated pesticide or nutrient spraying, and remote data transmission within a single modular unit. The system comprises a partially subterranean elongated enclosure housing retractable soil sensors for macro- and micro-nutrient detection, a non-visual motion detection sensor for pest and intruder identification and camera module for capturing image or video of farm, a controlled fluid dispensing mechanism for localized intervention, and an embedded microcontroller for autonomous decision-making. The probe operates continuously using renewable energy and communicates wirelessly with a cloud-based platform, thereby enabling proactive agricultural management, reducing resource wastage, minimizing labour dependency, and improving crop productivity while extending sensor lifespan and ensuring long-term field deployment."
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