Application of UAVs in Precision Agriculture—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Digital Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 7369
Special Issue Editors
Interests: UAV rotor airflow; airflow operation; agricultural drone; UAV energy and payload; drone; UAV; UAV architecture design; airflow control; airflow strength; flight control; operation route planning; agricultural sensor; drone operation effect; UAV operation efficiency
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Interests: precision and digital agriculture; UAV; image processing; spectroscopy; machine and deep learning; radiative transfer model; high-throughput plant phenotyping
Interests: flight control system design; flight simulation technology; flight dynamics; aerodynamics of rotorcraft; intelligent control algorithm; overall design of novel configuration aircraft
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of agricultural UAVs has become an essential part of modern agriculture due to their high operational efficiency. The key elements of agricultural UAVs include rotor-motors, airframe architecture, airflow distribution, sensors, operational components, and control systems, all of which have complex and multidimensional interactions that affect the operational effectiveness of agricultural UAVs. Therefore, current research on agricultural drone operations is rapidly developing in the direction of simulation calculation, environmental perception, multidimensional control, and precision operations. This not only improves the performance of agricultural drones in remote sensing, spraying, sowing, and pollination but also demonstrates their capabilities in more traditional agricultural fields.
This Special Issue is a natural continuation of our previous Special Issue, titled “Application of UAVs in Precision Agriculture”. The focus of this Special Issue is on simulation calculation, environmental perception, multidimensional control, and precision operations. The theme of this Special Issue is “Improving the operational effectiveness of agricultural UAVs,” covering interdisciplinary research in agriculture, biology, electronics, engineering, and other fields. Operational drones in various applications, such as orchards, fields, cash crops, and ecosystems, all fall within the scope of this Special Issue. We welcome the submission of various types of articles, such as original research papers and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Jiyu Li
Dr. Jiating Li
Dr. Suiyuan Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural UAVs
- effects of operation
- efficiency of operation
- route planning
- energy-consumption matching
- variable spray
- drift suppression
- deposition of droplets
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