AgrOne: An Agricultural Drone using Internet of Things, Data Analytics and Cloud Computing Features

Ever increasing population and decreasing cultivable lands, has generated a pressing need of revising traditional agricultural practices. Especially, in country like India which was known as land of farmers, the problem of efficient and productive farming is severe at many levels. Modernization in farming practices is the only solution for this problem. This can be achieved by inventions in biotechnology, proper education and introduction of advanced tools in farming. One such tool could be Agricultural Drones. In this paper, we have discussed a Do-It- Yourself(DIY) approach to build own Agricultural Drone. Paper highlights, national and international work related to usage of modern computer guided tools, followed by our proposed design, components required, its assembly and implementation. We have used Cloud Computing and Internet of Things features for achieving this task. The Quadcopter autonomously fly and captures images of the field, which are processed to find the condition of the crops. This image and corresponding result is stored on Cloud. The On-Ground sensors and sensors present on the Quadcopter help to monitor the temperature and humidity for better yields. By leveraging usage of Cloud, user can have ubiquitous access to remotely monitored farm data. Results obtained shows, that using available technology how one can build Drone and On-Ground Sensor Devices for Agricultural Assistance. We have also discussed, future course of the project related to improvements in design and its potential extensions by performing advanced image processing and additional sensors.