As the patent moved from the lab to the market, it caught the eye of researchers. In the world of remote sensing, the identifier 083590 appears in the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing . It marks a study on "Urban tree height assessment," where scientists used 4-inch multispectral imagery to map the green canopies of cities—perhaps the very cities where the torque-limited tools would eventually be used.

: High-resolution drones measuring the health of urban forests.

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