DocumentCode
714502
Title
Application of pesticide using unmanned aerial vehicle
Author
Ay, Fahrettin ; Ince, Gokhan
Author_Institution
Bilgisayar ve Bilisim Muhendisligi Bolumu, Istanbul Tek. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
fYear
2015
fDate
16-19 May 2015
Firstpage
1268
Lastpage
1271
Abstract
In order to send creatures that damage crops from the environment away with the intent of increasing agricultural throughput, pesticide is applied on farmlands mostly by spraying. There are several ways for spraying pesticide togetger with their possible disadvanteges such as crops may be crushed when using tractor, pesticide droplets may be perfused unevenly when it is applied by a person, or using aircrafts such as helicopter or plane for spraying may contaminate regions surrounding the target area. On account of applying pesticide a cheaper and more efficiently way, it was aimed to use unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is able to fly on and spray farmland autonomously. Accordingly, necessary system components were developed such as an auto pilot system that controls UAV, a ground control station that is used for tracing UAV, and a spraying mechanism. It can be estimated how much time, distance is required and how many refills the UAV needs for a specific farmland before implementing for real by using a developed simulator. Additionally, it was verified that the the equipment to be mounted on the UAV works properly in real time and real world.
Keywords
agrochemicals; autonomous aerial vehicles; crops; mobile robots; pest control; UAV; autopilot system; crops; pesticide spraying mechanism; unmanned aerial vehicle; Agriculture; Conferences; Microstrip; Real-time systems; Robots; Spraying; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Agricultural pesticide; UAV; ground control station; pesticide spraying; simulator;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), 2015 23th
Conference_Location
Malatya
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SIU.2015.7130069
Filename
7130069
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