• 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