Drone Remote Sensing and the Case for Robotic Agriculture
(Room Amazon H-J)
05 Sep 18
8:30 AM
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9:30 AM
Advances in micro-controllers, multispectral cameras, and sensors has resulted in the creation of light-weight drone aircraft with powerful remote sensing capabilities. These remote sensing capabilities lend themselves well to precision agriculture. Related advances in land based robotics and agriculture equipment has resulted in precision guidance and application systems for agriculture. Now drones can act as part of a precision agriculture neural network made up of both aerial and land based sensor nodes working in conjunction with ground based co-robotic systems to create a sustainable precision farming ecosystem. The USDA has asked researchers to develop these co-robotic systems in recent grant proposals. With increasing populations and the need for greater farm efficiency, coupled with a dwindling labor force willing to do manual labor on farms, robotic agricultural systems and robotic farming will be a big part of the future of agriculture. This presentation will cover this topic in depth and also provide an overview from the perspective of a technologist of what will need to occur in order to make robotic precision farming a reality.
As part of the talk, we will discuss in detail the 9 key elements needed as part of an automated agricultural system.