Development and Utilization of Drone Technology for Agriculture Waste Precision Farming
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2017-10-12T14:17:37Z
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Indian agriculture needed production and protection materials to achieve high
productivity. Agriculture fertilizer and chemical frequently needed to kill insects and
growth of crops. The pesticide affects the nervous system of humans and also leads to
disorders in body. The application of pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural areas is of
prime importance for crop yields. However, some factors may reduce the yield, or even
cause damage (e.g. crop areas not covered in the spraying process, overlapping spraying
of crop areas, applying pesticides on the outer edge of the crop). Climatic condition, such
as the intensity and direction of the wind while spraying add further complexity to the
control problem. In this report, we describe an architecture based on unmanned aerial
vehicles(UAVs) which can be employed to implement a control loop for agricultural
applications where UAVs are responsible for spraying chemicals on crops. The process of
applying the chemicals is controlled by means of the feedback obtained from the wireless
sensor network (WSN) deployed on the crop field. . A remote controlled UAV
(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is used to spray the Pesticide as well as fertilizer to avoid the
humans from pesticide poison. The UAV is operated by manual flight plans and the
Sprayer is manually triggered by RF controlled Nozzle. The aim of this solution is to
support short delays in the control loop so that the spraying UAV can process the
information from the sensors. We evaluate an algorithm to adjust the UAV route under
changes in wind intensity and direction. Moreover, we evaluate the impact of the number
of communication messages between the UAV and minimize the waste of pesticides.
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1NH13ME092, Siddarth Kumar, Saurabh Balhara, Nitesh Sharma, Development and Utilization of Drone Technology for Agriculture Waste Precision Farming