Agro-drone R22-UV is equipped with a specially developed (for Robinson helicopters) utility to deliver liquid chemicals - spray system SIMPLEX MODEL 222. System weight -42kg. Boom span– 7m. Swath width – 14-16m. R22-UV drone is provided with a 100-liter tank for chemicals and can stay airborne for 2 hours. 

Advantages that will maximize the value of heavy UAV for farmers include:

• R22-UV can be operated in the regions without airfields, under severe weather conditions and during night-time, in the conditions with a high probability of risk for the pilot.  

• UAVs are excellent for operations in conditions of high humidity - where the use of ground equipment is impossible or difficult. Unlike heavy machinery, which cannot go into a field immediately after a heavy rain, UAV has no impact on the ground. Drone sprayers don't touch the ground so there will be less soil compaction. This is when heavy machinery like tractors roll over the soil, pressing it down and damaging it. Farmers can fix this with plowing, this can be harmful to the soil over a long period of time. 

• Replacing back-pack sprayers. UAV implementation eliminates manual spraying - workers do not come into contact with hazardous chemicals.

• UAVs also enable growers to spray their crops precisely and at will, which is critical for fighting herbicide-resistant weeds. Spraying is better. The rotor of an agricultural drone produces a huge downward rotation force, which promotes the pesticide droplets to penetrate the crop from top to bottom, which is conducive to the pesticide droplets evenly scattered in all parts of the plant, so that the spraying is accurate.

• Unmanned aircraft can be used for spot spraying weeds with herbicides or useful crops with pesticides. A spot-oriented approach based on preliminary analysis of digital images from robot cameras allows minimizing the cost of agrochemicals, reducing the chemical impact on soil, water, culture and, ultimately, on the consumer’s body, while achieving higher results of crop cultivation than with traditional approaches. They can then be set on a predetermined GPS-defined route and fly over a field, dropping doses of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides as they go. 

Aliaksei Stratsilatau, CEO, UAVOS:

“Precision agriculture is based on the use of valuable metrics to make farmers’ crop management efficient and optimized. Validating-of-damage reports used to be on paper. So, unmanned aircraft help our customers to validate the veracity of reports so that we could come up with a comprehensive solution. Generally, agriculture is very complex and there are a lot of problems but there are solutions available through the new technology.”

About UAVOS
UAVOS Inc., a globally operating company with its offices in Hong Kong, the USA and Europe, has recently raised a round of financing from a group of private investors - in order to further enhance its R&D efforts, reduce the go-to-market time for new solutions and also focus on promotion and commercialization.

The content & opinions in this article are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views of AgriTechTomorrow

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