Jesse Hoagg, Donald and Gertrude Lester Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael Sama, associate professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Josh Jackson, assistant professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, were featured in an article by the BBC for their research involving unmanned aerial vehicles--otherwise known as drones--for monitoring cattle.
Hoagg, Sama and Jackson have been diligently working on a noninvasive health monitoring approach using drones that would provide farmers with a way to remotely and autonomously check on the location and health of each cow and allow them to address cattle health and safety issues much sooner.
You can read the article here.