Сельскохозяйственные машины и технологии (Jun 2017)
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES FOR PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS APPLICATION IN PRECISION FARMING SYSTEM
Abstract
The development of precision farming technology requires a higher level of technical support based on programmable, fully autonomous or remotely controlled unmanned aerial systems that contain complexes of automatic or remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The authors conducted selection and justification of the main parameters of the UAV for agricultural purposes. For variable rate application of plant protection products and fertilizers the agrarians prefer UAVs of reusable, non-aerodrome basing, with small take-off for takeoff or vertical take-off and vertical landing, low-altitude, helicopter, rotary-wing and multi-rotor types equipped with an autopilot and a system for differentiating the distribution of fertilizer working fluids and pesticides for a set program, developed in accordance with the agrochemical cartogram and field phytosanitary condition. The equation of mass balance of UAV of agricultural purpose is made, which allows more precisely to determine the take-off weight taking into account the constituent masses of the payload intended for differentiated dispensing and distribution of working fluids of fertilizers and pesticides. The equation of UAV existence is obtained, which differs in that, in addition to the mass and flight-technical characteristics of the aircraft, it displays the technological parameters of differentiated application of pesticides and fertilizers for a particular field being treated. The technological process of UAV application in the system of precise farming includes sequential interrelated operations: monitoring and sounding of crops (using light UAVs equipped with multispectral cameras), obtaining, processing and transmitting information for crop management, differentiated application of pesticides and fertilizers according to a specified treatment program (UAV through a large payload).
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