Application of Agricultural Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Processing Agricultural Crops

Abstract

The paper considers a new method of processing all the necessary surfaces of crops through the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). At the moment, the processing of all surfaces of tall shrubs and individual sections of trees with spot spraying of a chemical liquid on a large agro-industrial scale is not possible due to the imperfection of modern methods of processing agricultural crops. The proposed agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle, due to spot cultivation of crops, is able to increase yields and bring additional profits to agricultural farmers. Ease of operation is the most important advantage of the proposed UAV, for the processing of crops using this UAV does not require special skills, as, for example, when operating agricultural aircraft and ground equipment. Depending on the type of crops and the characteristics of the local landscape, the proposed UAV for agricultural purposes will be spraying in the vertical direction (top to bottom) or at a given angle by changing the position of the lever and its further fixation on the boom, as well as processing in the horizontal plane. The degree of direct human participation in the control and management of the UAV is determined based on the choice of the mode of differential application of fertilizers and pesticides for a given area - stationary or dynamic. In an idealized system, a programmed electronic computer (ECM) in the form of a computer, capable of adjusting the flight and the introduction of chemical reagents in a constant mode, will assume the main role in controlling the movement by analyzing the readings of the instrument sensors. All this can be implemented in practice at the proper level with appropriate funding, and the results of such a project in the future will open a new stage in the sectoral processing of crops and pole crops.