Pesticide Spraying and Seed Sowing Quadcopter

Abstract

The main source of Indian economy is the Agriculture. But, currently agricultural field in India is facing some problem - the lack of human labors. There are some reasons like it requires hard work which causes tiredness and some field workers are migrating from the farm to other fields in the industry which offer them more stable and more profitable jobs. In this scenario, it becomes necessary to introduce and develop agricultural automation and sensing technologies to increase agricultural productivity. This project introduces a Quad copter that is also known as UAV i.e. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle wherein Quad copter is embedded with a pesticide spraying mechanism as well as a seed sowing mechanism. With this drone pesticides can be sprayed over a larger area and with minimal personnel and with high efficiency as well. The time required to complete this task is much faster than manual spraying and in this method there is no danger to the health of the worker. The building cost and maintenance cost is much lesser than the traditional spraying method and it is very easy to use also. With the innovative seed dropping mechanism, the Quad copter can fly over any terrain and target specific locations where there is no plant cover and drop thousands of seeds in that region, contributing to the re growth of plants in that terrain. This method is 10 times faster than manual labor that too at a fraction of the cost.