Ososayensi baseRussia Bakhulisa Isivuno Samazambane ngo-15% Ngokwelashwa Okusekelwe Kuma-Drone Ezindaweni Zokulima Ezinengozi Ephakeme
Ukuthatha okhiye
- Method uses three unmanned aerial vehicles
- Drones survey and apply treatments to soil
- Field trials showed 15.2% productivity gain
- Compared against conventional ground machinery
- Most valuable where fields are waterlogged
Kungani kubalulekile
- Kwabalimi
- The gain is not from better chemistry but from treatments actually happening: on waterlogged ground a drone gets in when a sprayer cannot, and a missed window is what costs the yield.
60-isekhondi isifinyezo
Researchers at the St Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences have built a treatment method around three unmanned aerial vehicles, which survey potato fields from the air and apply pest-control agents to the soil. The problem it addresses is specific to northern territories: short growing seasons, late spring and early autumn frosts, permafrost, floods, heavy rain, waterlogging and drought together mean agronomic treatments are routinely missed. Anton Savelyev, head of the Laboratory of Autonomous Robotic Systems, reports a 15.2% productivity gain over conventional ground machinery in field experiments, with the advantage largest exactly where ground equipment cannot work — on waterlogged ground.
Abacwaningi abavela eSt. Petersburg Federal Research Center ye-Russian Academy of Sciences (SPb FIC RAS) bathuthukise indlela entsha besebenzisa izimoto ezintathu zezindiza ezingenamuntu (ama-UAV) ukwelapha amasimu amazambane ezindaweni zezolimo ezisengozini enkulu, bafinyelele ukwanda kwesivuno okungaphezu kuka-15%. Indlela ehlanganisiwe ihilela ama-drones enza ucwaningo lwezindiza kanye nokusebenzisa ngokunembile ama-ejenti okulawula izinambuzane enhlabathini, ebhekana nenselele engapheli yokwelashwa kwezolimo okungafanele ezindaweni ezisenyakatho lapho ukulima kuphazanyiswa khona yizinkathi zokukhula ezimfushane, ubusika bentwasahlobo kanye nobusika bokuqala, iqhwa elihlala njalo, izikhukhula, izimvula ezinkulu, ukugcwala kwamanzi, kanye nesomiso. Ngokusho kuka-Anton Savelyev, inhloko yeLaboratory of Autonomous Robotic Systems, ukuhlolwa kwensimu kubonise inzuzo yokukhiqiza engu-15.2% uma kuqhathaniswa nemishini evamile esekelwe emhlabathini, lapho ama-UAV ebonakala ewusizo kakhulu ezimweni zamanzi lapho imishini yendabuko ingakwazi ukusebenza kahle.
Nakuba imiphumela ithembisa, uSavelyev ugcizelele ukuthi iziphetho zokugcina mayelana nokuphakama kwezolimo kanye nokwezomnotho kokwelashwa okusekelwe kuma-drone kuzodinga iminyaka eminingana yokuhlolwa okuphindaphindiwe kanye nokuhlaziywa okuningiliziwe kwezindleko kanye nezinzuzo. Amandla asebenzayo obu buchwepheshe asemandleni abo okwenza ukusetshenziswa ngesikhathi noma ngabe amasimu awafinyeleleki kuma-tractor, okungenzeka anciphise ukulahlekelwa kwezitshalo futhi azinzise umkhiqizo ezindaweni eziyingozi. Uma kuqinisekiswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lolu hlelo olusizwa ama-drone lungaba ushintsho olukhulu ezifundeni zokulima eziyingozi, lunikeze enye indlela ekwazi ukwandiswa, enembile, futhi ekwazi ukumelana nesimo sezulu kunezindlela ezivamile.
Isifinyezo Samazambane Omhlaba Wonke
Izindaba ezinhlanu eziphezulu, amanani, izexwayiso zezifo kanye nemicimbi. Ekuseni phakathi nesonto, akukho ukukhangisa.
Imithombo
- Anton Savelyev, Laboratory of Autonomous Robotic Systems — quoted in the article
Kuxhunywe kulokhu okuqukethwe
- Izwe
- Russia
- Ubuchwepheshe
- Ama-drones ezolimoIsicelo sokunembaAmasistimu azimele


