Drones equipped with sensors like visual, thermal, LIDAR, multispectral and hyperspectral can be used for farm monitoring. They provide accurate field mapping, help determine drainage patterns and wet/dry spots. Drones measure plant health using NDVI and help identify unhealthy plants. Automated drone seeders are being used for planting in hard to reach areas. Crop spraying drones can carry liquid reservoirs and operate more safely at lower costs than crop dusters. Researchers are developing pollinating drones that can pollinate plants without damaging them. Drones using microwave sensing capture soil health data and help distribute water efficiently in fields. Drones have vastly altered agriculture and will continue growing for precision agriculture and optimizing field management

1. IMPLEMENTATION OF
DRONE TECHNOLOGY
FOR FARM
MONITORING
PRESENTED BY- DIBYARANJAN PARIDA

2. INTRODUCTON
• Drones are formally known as unmanned aerial vehicle which is
essentially a flying robot.
• It can be controlled by either pilot from the ground or it can be
autonomous.
• The drones which are used for agriculture purpose are called as
agriculture drone.
• In current scenario it is also being used for surveillance, traffic
monitoring, Weather monitoring etc.

3. SENSORS USED IN AGRICULTURAL DRONES
VISUAL SENSOR- Aerial Mapping
Plant counting.
Surveying.
THERMAL SENSOR- Heat signature detection
Live stock detection
Water source detection.
Emergency response.

4. LIDAR SENSOR- Useful in 3D digital surface modelling.
Surface variation detection.
Flood Mapping.
MULTISPECTRAL SENSOR- Plant health measurement.
Water quality assessment.
Vegetation Index.
Plant Counting.
HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR- Plant health measurement.
Water quality assessment.
Vegetation index calculation.

5. HOW ARE DRONES BEING USED IN FARM MONITORING
MONITORING FIELD CONDITION:
 Drones provide accurate field mapping.
 Having information on field elevation is useful in determining
drainage patterns and wet/dry spots which allow for more efficient
watering techniques.

6. MONITORING PLANT HEALTH
• Drones equipped with special imaging equipment called NDVI.
• Software analysis can be used to change values in order to reflect the
specific crop type and even in which stage of life a specific crop is in.
• We are able to measure plant health using drone imagery because
plants reflect light differently than unhealthy plants.

7. PLANTING AND SEEDING
• Automated drone seeders are mostly being used in forestry industries.
• Planting with drones means very hard to reach areas can be replanted
without endangering workers.

8. SPRAY APPLICATON
• Crop spraying drones can carry large liquid storage reservoirs, can be
operated more safely.
• It can be operated and maintained at a fraction of the cost compared
to crop dusters.

9. DRONE POLINATION
• Researchers in the Netherlands and Japan are developing small drones
that are capable of pollinating plants without damaging them.
• The next step is to create autonomous pollinating drones that will
work and monitor crop health without constant instruction from
operators.

10. DRONE IRRIGATION
• Using microwave sensing drones are able to capture very accurate soil
health information.
• Water can be distributed in a field in the most efficient way in an
effort to conserve resources.

11. ADVANTAGES

12. CONCLUSION
• Drones have already vastly altered the agricultural industry and will
continue to grow in the coming years.
• Agriculture drones can be used to anything from precision agriculture,
to efficiently dispersing weed control or fertilizers, to optimizing field
management.