Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Review of Perspective of Platform, Control, and Applications

By Jeongeun Kim, Seungwon Kim, Chanyoung Ju, H. Son. IEEE Access, 2019

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For agricultural applications, regularized smart-farming solutions are being considered, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs combine information and communication technologies, robots, artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things. The agricultural UAVs are highly capable, and their use has expanded across all areas of agriculture, including pesticide and fertilizer spraying, seed sowing, and growth assessment and mapping. Accordingly, the market for agricultural UAVs is expected to continue growing with the related technologies. In this study, we consider the latest trends and applications of leading technologies related to agricultural UAVs, control technologies, equipment, and development. We discuss the use of UAVs in real agricultural environments. Furthermore, the future development of the agricultural UAVs and their challenges are presented.

Subfields: Plant Science

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Advances in Agriculture Robotics: A State-of-the-Art Review and Challenges Ahead (2021, neutral): “A UAV can contribute to reducing the use of pesticides and maximizing the efficiency of crop management [3,57].”
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Agriculture: Applications, Requirements, and Challenges (2020, background): “Similarly, in [10], the authors have explored the potential applications of using UAV in agriculture and discussed different categories of UAV platforms.”