DJI Agricultural drone

[Clive]

Came across this (yes it's raining !) https://www.dji.com/uk/mg-1


fully functioning agricultural application drone from big main player manufacture DJI not a start-up/crowd funder etc but agricultural tech we could all buy and use TODAY if only UK legislation allowed

I'm beginning to think I really should not have bought a new sprayer last year !!

 

[Exfarmer]

pity the poor sod who is refilling it, while Clive is in his office doing the flying

it would not take too many at 10 acres an hour!

 

[Clive]

pity the poor sod who is refilling it, while Clive is in his office doing the flying

it would not take too many at 10 acres an hour!

Imagine how many of these you can buy for the price of a self prop sprayer or a tractor and sprayer?

I expect a very low volume application is possible with the assistance of the downdraft ?

so let's say you have 10 of these things all working away on their preset routes (done from the office) landing to be refilled and battery changed every 2miniutes buy a man with a nurse tank I reckon you could cover a few acres a day !!!


now imagine that with a bit of AI software they can identify and treat individual weeds - not much refilling going on then, big cost saving and much better for the environment as well

 

[Graham Smith]

Better get yourself along to JD next week Clive...

 

[Clive]

Better get yourself along to JD next week Clive...

200kgs !!! ............... i'm only 83kgs so maybe good for crop "walking"


I will be sure to check it out, I suspect we will spend a lot of time in hall 13 -its what I love about Agritechnica, proper innovation and stuff you have never seen before

 

[Farmer Roy]

Imagine how many of these you can buy for the price of a self prop sprayer or a tractor and sprayer?

I expect a very low volume application is possible with the assistance of the downdraft ?

so let's say you have 10 of these things all working away on their preset routes (done from the office) landing to be refilled and battery changed every 2miniutes buy a man with a nurse tank I reckon you could cover a few acres a day !!!


now imagine that with a bit of AI software they can identify and treat individual weeds - not much refilling going on then, big cost saving and much better for the environment as well

combine that with the WeedIt / Weedseeker technology that already exists commercially . . .

 

[Clive]

combine that with the WeedIt / Weedseeker technology that already exists commercially . . .

so many parts of this jigsaw already exist, it's just a case of pulling them together to create the bigger picture that remains to be done by someone

 

[Exfarmer]

Imagine how many of these you can buy for the price of a self prop sprayer or a tractor and sprayer?

I expect a very low volume application is possible with the assistance of the downdraft ?

so let's say you have 10 of these things all working away on their preset routes (done from the office) landing to be refilled and battery changed every 2miniutes buy a man with a nurse tank I reckon you could cover a few acres a day !!!


now imagine that with a bit of AI software they can identify and treat individual weeds - not much refilling going on then, big cost saving and much better for the environment as well

I quite agree , it looks the future, but having seen helicopters in action spraying, the downdraft effect may be a little interesting in a multi bladed vehicle. I am sure todays technology would not have issues sorting it.
it will require re looking at water volumes etc.
when we were band spraying sugar beet we got as low as 5 litre per hectare and in some conditions ( ie. it was a little breezy ) we had a clean sweep across the field when conditions were ideal
I can see we will require a lot of legislation and sadly, this will probably be the hardest part

 

[colhonk]

Be able to buy dozens of drones from the dodgy bloke down the pub.................when Amazon has gazzillions of them delivering parcels. Won`t miss a few will they?

 

[Formatted]

Probably not going to see this replacing self propelled on large arable units but we've got some steeps hills on the Downs that could benefit from an annual spray

 

[Steevo]

Imagine how many of these you can buy for the price of a self prop sprayer or a tractor and sprayer?

I expect a very low volume application is possible with the assistance of the downdraft ?

so let's say you have 10 of these things all working away on their preset routes (done from the office) landing to be refilled and battery changed every 2miniutes buy a man with a nurse tank I reckon you could cover a few acres a day !!!


now imagine that with a bit of AI software they can identify and treat individual weeds - not much refilling going on then, big cost saving and much better for the environment as well

Be even better if they could automate the batteries and tank filling.

 

[yellowbelly]

Probably not going to see this replacing self propelled on large arable units

With the current weather up here, it might be needed sooner than you think.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Probably not going to see this replacing self propelled on large arable units

Funnily enough They said the same a bout those darned horseless carriages

 

[Bald Rick]

Remember to register as a drone pilot before the end of the month ....

Good luck to the authorities with that one

 

[glasshouse]

Imagine how many of these you can buy for the price of a self prop sprayer or a tractor and sprayer?

I expect a very low volume application is possible with the assistance of the downdraft ?

so let's say you have 10 of these things all working away on their preset routes (done from the office) landing to be refilled and battery changed every 2miniutes buy a man with a nurse tank I reckon you could cover a few acres a day !!!


now imagine that with a bit of AI software they can identify and treat individual weeds - not much refilling going on then, big cost saving and much better for the environment as well

Good for wild oats

 

[Irish NZ]

Local helicopters company has invested in 1 already for smaller jobs.

Orchards are quite interested in them I am hearing as well.

In a few years when it can pick up weeds with a specialized camera I'll be straight onto it. $26k for that over here atm. So £13k but this technology is only going to get cheaper

 

[jd6820]

I've studied this topic with great interest. The general consensus so far is that it mainly lends itself to specialist applications and spot (targeted) spraying, I therefore doubt it will be replacing our current boom sprayers. But maybe with docking stations and higher power density technologies it might become the Robomow of agricultural world used for spraying programs? The limiting factor seems to be carrying capacity, the chemical would either have to be suitable at higher concentrations or multiple fills, to accomplish spraying of a decent size area and this at the moment is the limiting factor preventing, I reckon mass adoption.

As soon as the mapping technology is there that can reliably identify the weeds then upload a spray map to the drone allowing direct targeting of the weeds this technology will really excel. The savings in chemical and environmental impact would make this solution a no brainer.

 

[Clive]

Remember to register as a drone pilot before the end of the month ....

Good luck to the authorities with that one

did my test today - what a joke that was.

will read the code of practice one day but certainly didn’t need to to pass that test !

 

[steveR]

With the current weather up here, it might be needed sooner than you think.

Dang those row crop wheels ...

 

[Bald Rick]

did my test today - what a joke that was.

will read the code of practice one day but certainly didn’t need to to pass that test !

Do tell. What did it involve?

We have a small DJI but rarely use it so arsed?