3. INTRODUCTION
• Drones are formally known as unmanned aerial
vehicle which is essentially a flying robot.
• It can be controlled by either pilot from the
ground or it can be autonomous.
• The drones which are used for agriculture
purpose are called as agriculture drone.
• In current scenario it is also being used for
surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather
monitoring.
4. “DRONES CAN HELP DOING FARMERS JOB. SPRINKLER DRONES
WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED SITTING IN THE SHADE, CAN EVENLY
SPRAY PESTICIDES ALL OVER THE CROPS, IN A VERY SMALL
DURATION OF TIME”.
5. Agricultural drones, aircrafts for agriculture
An agricultural drone is an aircraft that can be remotely
controlled and made to perform certain important
everyday tasks such as – crop monitoring, soil analysis,
nutrient spraying, seeding & planting etc with scientific
precision and accuracy, which makes farmers more
efficient and significantly brings down the cost of
manpower.
6. WHY SPRINKLER DRONES ?
• Sprinkler drones can save a farmer’s
time, money and energies. It takes a
human worker a full day to cover 0.65
acre of fields. Now, that can be done
with a drone in just 2 minutes. A drone
can cover 65-80 acres of fields in one
day and can be programmed to spray
effectively – reaching the lower parts of
the crops and underneath the leaves.
7. HERE ARE SOME THINGS DRONES CAN DO.
Soil and field analysis,
Planting,
Crop spraying,
Crop monitoring,
Irrigation and
Health assesments.
8. Soil and field analysis: Drones can be
instrumental at the start of the crop cycle.
They produce precise 3-D maps for early soil
analysis, useful in planning seed planting
patterns.
Planting: Startups have created drone-
planting systems that achieve an uptake rate
of 75 percent and decrease planting costs by
85 percent. These systems shoot pods with
seeds and plant nutrients into the soil,
providing the plant all the nutrients
to sustain life.
9. CROP SPRAYING: DRONES CAN SCAN
THE GROUND AND SPRAY THE
CORRECT AMOUNT OF LIQUID,
MODULATING DISTANCE FROM THE
GROUND AND SPRAYING IN REAL TIME
FOR EVEN COVERAGE. THE RESULT:
INCREASED EFFICIENCY WITH A
REDUCTION OF IN THE AMOUNT OF
CHEMICALS PENETRATING INTO
GROUNDWATER.
CROP MONITORING: VAST FIELDS
AND LOW EFFICIENCY IN CROP
MONITORING TOGETHER CREATE
FARMING’S LARGEST OBSTACLE.
10. Irrigation: Drones with hyperspectral,
multispectral, or thermal sensors can identify
which parts of a field are dry or need
improvements.
Health assessment: It’s essential to assess crop
health and spot bacterial or fungal infections
on trees. By scanning a crop using both
visible and near-infrared light, identify the
defect. This information can produce
multispectral images that track changes in
plants and indicate their health. A speedy
response can save an entire orchard.
11. APPLICATIONS
1) Security :
The agriculture sprayer drones protect farmers from poisoning and
heatstroke, while spraying liquid pesticides, fertilizers and
herbicides on agricultural land.
2) High efficiency:
50-100 acres can be sprayed per day, which is 30 times more than the
traditional knapsack sprayer.
3) Environment protection:
Water and soil pollution is severely reduced with the fixed position and
orientation method.
12. 4) Wastage reduction:
30% of pesticide saving is established by a high degree of atomization and
as the chemical fog can be sprayed to all levels of the crop.
5) Water saving:
90% of water can be saved in comparison to traditional spraying methods.
This is possible by utilizing ultra low volume spraying technology.
13. 6) Lower cost :
There is a 97% reduction in cost compared to traditional spraying methods.
7) Wide range of applications :
It's not influenced by the terrain and crop height, has an ergonomic and
innovative remote control, easily manages low altitudes flights and does not
harm the crop.
14. BENIFITS
Highest Economic Benefit
Spot disease/problems faster
Use less chemicals and water (save
money, better for food and
environment)
Improve productivity
15. CONCLUSION
Agricultural drone have the potential to improve the yield crops.
Agricultural drone can help the farmers to transform the agriculture
industry.
The agricultural sector can benefit significantly from implementation of
unmanned aerial vehicles with the potential to improve the soil and plant
knowledge, efficiency of input, and economical and environmental
sustainability.