Pesticides Spraying Using Non-GPS-Based Autonomous Drone

Technological use in agriculture has a greater impact on efficient farming that elevates crop yield. The use of drones in the agriculture field helps farmers to a greater extent. This paper demonstrates the development of a non- GPS-based autonomous pesticide spraying drone, which is particularly useful for farms with limited land sizes and in areas where GPS is inaccurate. Because of poor GPS positioning and mapping, GPS became unreliable. This autonomous drone creates an optimized navigation path around the mapped field spraying pesticides uniformly over the crops. This agriculture drone carries a fluid pesticide tank to spray evenly all over the crop, reducing the time and effort of the farmer and preventing harmful effects caused by pesticides. This drone can adjust the altitude, liquid flow rate and speed depending on the type of crop. This drone included with the monitoring application platform provides real-time information. The web application is user-friendly, ensuring that drone performance is manageable and understandable by the user. With the help of these features, the farmer is able to comprehend the field’s spray in real-time.