MINI DRONE AND AGBOT BASED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OFFERING AGRONOMICS SERVICES TO FARMERS

Fecha de publicación: 02/06/2022
Fuente: Wipo "precision agriculture"
In this invention a Web Server based distributed cellular system to provide 21st century total digital precision agriculture to small and uneducated poor farmers is proposed. A service model is used to avoid farmers owning any equipment and a system's provided service agent becomes on ground mentor of the farmer. The invention uses plurality of low cost mini Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Equipment (DRONEs), automated mini robots-size of a shoe box mini AGBOTs wirelessly connected to a remote central Web Server. The central web server system uses agricultural specialists to provide farmers 21st century technology to manage their farms and increase crop yields, save amount of fertilizers used and irrigation needed without owning any equipment. Photogrammetry and radio metric images obtained from multi spectral camera mounted on these mini DRONEs allows agronomists, and other specialists at the central server site to offer all crop management functions. Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, AI, tools used at the remote server will provide forecast on expected yield of various crops to plan for buffer stocks, and also information to insurance companies on crops affected in case of natural disasters like hail storms, floods and droughts. And thus providing quick and timely relief to affected farmers and produce growers. The system uses Autonomous mini AGBOT DRONE with its built in AI tools to weed the farms and thus avoiding use of herbicides, costly and harmful to farmers as well our environment. The mini AGBOTs can be used with the canopy of crop plants and can analyze soil samples in the field. DRONEs provide selected spraying of fertilizer and fungicide to the crop.