Unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) are capable of reducing the cost of pest control in crops by up to 30%. The information was published in an article produced by Venturus Innovation Executive, Marcelo Abreu, and Venturus Development Analyst, Felipe Silva Neves.
“With the help of computer vision onboard UAVs, it is possible to map the crop area and identify harmful organisms in a short space of time. This allows decision-making on the containment method before they contaminate the crop. The method has been successfully used to control defoliating caterpillars,” they explain.
According to experts, the use of UAVs makes it possible to improve biological pest control, since each organism in the crop can be mapped in less time. In addition, it can map areas and capture images for a better understanding of the crop.
“It contains a thermal camera, responsible for capturing images of the crop, which are then sent to the main processing unit of the UAV. This unit has the mission of coordinating flight commands to the UAV while receiving the images captured by the camera and performing a primary analysis of the images. The vehicle is used as an autonomous navigation agent, as well as for processing the images obtained,” says the text.
However, experts say that there are still some obstacles that are hindering the popularization of the technology. “The regulation of airspace, although undergoing advances, is still progressing slowly. And since progress is slow, it is important to have approval from ANATEL, since they have a large number of wireless communication channels,” they conclude.
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Source: Agrolink
