A research team led by Cha Pong Il, a section head at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Technology, has developed a multi-rotor UAV that could enjoy wide use in agriculture.
The agricultural multi-rotor UAV is a piece of battery-powered up-to-date mechanical equipment for scattering various agricultural chemicals and fertilizers, and taking and transmitting the photographs of crops.
Iron-shell construction is used for its safe operation under 15-kilogram effective load.
Its specification is as follows.
Flight velocity: 5-10m/s
Flight altitude: 3-10m
Endurance: 15-20 minute
Effective mass : 15㎏
Take-off mass: 40㎏
Working area (1 time): 1 hectare
Temperature condition: -10~40℃
The effectiveness of the agricultural multi-rotor UAV is as follows.
Scattering of agricultural chemicals, fertilizer and seeds by a multi-rotor UAV enhances working efficiency remarkably, about 100 times higher than by human. It will do all kinds of harmful work like agricultural chemical spray, which leads to the improvement of working conditions for farmers. It consumes no fuel, so it is environmentally-friendly.
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