God "machine" Miaozuo! UAV technology in agriculture

The concept of Industry 4.0 is applied to agriculture, referred to as "Agriculture 4.0", and UAV plays a crucial role in promoting Agriculture 4.0 as a whole. The use of aircraft in agriculture has become very common. Early media coverage showed that peasants with large agricultural lands in the United States and Australia were flying small aircraft and flying freely across different regions to spray pesticides and fertilizers. In Japan, the government The unit will also deploy small aircraft to spray pesticides on a large area of ​​farmland cultivated by many small farmers to prevent pests. There are many problems with the above spraying methods. In addition to the relatively high cost of each flight, even small-scale burdens on super-peasants or government units in the United States are simply fantastic for small-scale farmers. If you want to optimize the use of pesticides, fertilizers, or water resources, you must first fly a small plane to observe the condition of the farmland, collect the data and analyze it, then spray it on the second flight. One can imagine that this approach is not cost-effective, and unmanned aircraft technology innovation, providing an excellent solution to these dilemmas. From small-scale peasant households to super-large peasants, unmanned aerial vehicles of different sizes can be chosen to monitor farmland in order to achieve the optimized use of pesticides and fertilizers. Although UAVs for agriculture are still in their infancy in the early stages of development and introduction, cameras and cameras for analyzing farmland conditions are basically equipped with automatic piloting systems. Farmers simply set the farmland's area and flight residence time , Unmanned aircraft can take off automatically, cruise and land. Farmers can observe the status of farmland in real time through the camera lens or wait for the flight to finish and collect the data before analysis. Based on the results of the analysis, peasants can set the amount of pesticides and fertilizers to be sprayed for the crop growth and pests and diseases in different farmland areas in an optimized way. In the next flight, the UAV can automatically optimize the spraying of different farmland blocks according to the set value, and can even avoid areas that do not need to be sprayed. Under the concept of Agriculture 4.0, unmanned aerial vehicles can fly frequently because of their low cost of flight. On the one hand, farmers can continuously monitor the status of farmland in a short period of time and optimize the use of pesticides and fertilizers in different areas. They can also make the most effective management so that peasants can drastically reduce the cost of agricultural production so as to increase their relative incomes and improve the quality of life. On the other hand, because pesticides, fertilizers and water resources are used efficiently, the damage to the environment is greatly reduced, water resources are conserved, and agricultural production and environmental protection are balanced. UAVs for agriculture are technologically developed for ease of operation, taking off and landing within a small area, taking pictures, taking pictures of thermal images, taking thermal images, and providing autonomous driving, cruising, or Remote control and other functions. Sensefly, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, a world-renowned developer of small UAVs, has been acquired by Parrot, a French remote-control aircraft manufacturer, to expand its field of UAVs for agriculture and disaster relief. The latest eXom with four-axis helicopter wings has a sensor at the center of each axis to detect environmental conditions to guide the flight and avoid obstacles, with the addition of a Protect the ring, increase safety and reliability. The washer for the body shape, the wasp's head is a three-dimensional imaging lens, providing the most wide viewing angle and shooting screen. There is no doubt that eXom certainly has advanced driving control system, farmers can choose to take off and land, cruise, or want to enjoy their own remote control flight fun, Parrot is now actively promoting the system to small farmers in France, through After their response, to further improve the system. In addition to the fact that France, an agricultural power, is actively applying unmanned aircraft to agriculture, Germany, the other major agricultural country, is also actively developing its agricultural unmanned aircraft technology. Quantum Systems, based in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, has been telling farmers to use their multi-axis spiral-wing UAVs to monitor farmland conditions and develop the most cost-effective and environmentally-friendly pesticide and fertilizer application methods. Compared to the Sensefly four-axis helicopter wing design, Quantum Systems' unmanned aerial vehicle uses an octopus eight-axle helicopter wing design that offers increased flight stability and reliability, as well as carrying 5 kg of cargo and installing High-resolution optical camera can be aerial shot farmland multi-spectral images, thermal imaging, more effective observation of fertilizer and pesticide application conditions, in order to achieve optimal use of ratio. After discussing with peasants in Bavaria, Germany, Quantum Systems developers found that many large and medium-sized farmers found that this helicopter-based drones have the advantages of small flight range and slow flight speed, A short cruise within a short period of time, there is no way to carry pesticides and fertilizers spray directly, it is necessary to import dual-wing unmanned aerial vehicle to overcome the above dilemma. However, another problem arises. When a two-wing aircraft takes off and descends, it needs a runway of a certain length and size to carry out. This greatly increases the additional costs for farmers and their feasibility is greatly reduced. After digging deeper into questions, Quantum Systems' developers conducted effective technological innovations and successfully completed the world's first small agricultural drone with a wide range of wings for helicopter takeoff and landing. The helicopters take off and land double-wing UAV also with advanced automatic take-off and landing and cruise systems are currently being used by large-scale farmers in Bavaria, Germany, it is estimated that each year for the farmers to reduce production without reducing the two The amount of pesticides and fertilizers used, as well as the amount of time and effort required to spray pesticides and fertilizers, can make agricultural production easier. UAVs help farmers to produce agricultural products in a more real-time, cheaper and less labor-intensive manner. For government agencies, UAVs can be used to carry out the most complete surveillance and certification of local agriculture and eventually to improve Farmers livelihoods, the environment is more friendly, and provide consumers with fewer pesticides and fertilizers and agricultural products win-win situation. In line with the future development of industry and agriculture 4.0, unmanned aircraft are also imported into the Internet of Things. Even the flights can be arranged automatically by the central computer system to analyze the status of crop production. The robot can then fill pesticide and fertilizer and automatically fly to a specific area for spraying. Even if farmers spend two weeks in Hawaii, they can monitor farmland status in real time and issue updated instructions on the entire automated agricultural production chain, making agricultural production more efficient and greener.

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