A comprehensive survey of the recent studies with UAV for precision agriculture in open fields and greenhouses

MF Aslan, A Durdu, K Sabanci, E Ropelewska… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing world population makes it necessary to fight challenges such as climate
change and to realize production efficiently and quickly. However, the minimum cost …

AI meets UAVs: A survey on AI empowered UAV perception systems for precision agriculture

J Su, X Zhu, S Li, WH Chen - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Precision Agriculture (PA) promises to boost crop productivity while reducing agricultural
costs and environmental footprints, and therefore is attracting ever-increasing interests in …

The q-rung fuzzy LOPCOW-VIKOR model to assess the role of unmanned aerial vehicles for precision agriculture realization in the Agri-Food 4.0 era

F Ecer, İY Ögel, R Krishankumar… - Artificial intelligence review, 2023 - Springer
Smart agriculture is gaining a lot of attention recently, owing to technological advancement
and promotion of sustainable habits. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play a crucial role in …

[HTML][HTML] UAV-spray application in vineyards: Flight modes and spray system adjustment effects on canopy deposit, coverage, and off-target losses

A Biglia, M Grella, N Bloise, L Comba… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improvements in the spray application of plant protection products enhance agricultural
sustainability by reducing environmental contamination, but by increasing food quality and …

Characteristics of unmanned aerial spraying systems and related spray drift: A review

P Chen, JP Douzals, Y Lan, E Cotteux… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although drift is not a new issue, it deserves further attention for Unmanned Aerial Spraying
Systems (UASS). The use of UASS as a spraying tool for Plant Protection Products is …

Improved bat algorithm for UAV path planning in three-dimensional space

X Zhou, F Gao, X Fang, Z Lan - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the flight path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on
the advanced swarm optimization algorithm of the bat algorithm (BA) in a static environment …

An overview of end effectors in agricultural robotic harvesting systems

E Vrochidou, VN Tsakalidou, I Kalathas, T Gkrimpizis… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the agricultural sector has turned to robotic automation to deal with the
growing demand for food. Harvesting fruits and vegetables is the most labor-intensive and …

Spray performance evaluation of a six‐rotor unmanned aerial vehicle sprayer for pesticide application using an orchard operation mode in apple orchards

C Wang, Y Liu, Z Zhang, L Han, Y Li… - Pest Management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND In the last decade, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sprayers have been
growing rapidly worldwide as a new method for pesticide application, especially in Asian …

Assessment of spray deposition, drift and mass balance from unmanned aerial vehicle sprayer using an artificial vineyard

C Wang, A Herbst, A Zeng, S Wongsuk, B Qiao… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Under the rapid development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) plant protection products
(PPP) application in Asian countries, the drift risk of UAV sprayer operation in orchard or …

Droplet distributions in cotton harvest aid applications vary with the interactions among the unmanned aerial vehicle spraying parameters

P Chen, F Ouyang, G Wang, H Qi, W Xu, W Yang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A common problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) spraying is that fewer droplets
could reach the lower layer, and the depositions among the spray width show a significant …