Robots save every drop of irrigation water during the dry season

You just need a smartphone to manage. The rest left the robot to worry.

A robot is walking through a cloud of blind dust. Combined with data gathered from many other robots flying hundreds of meters in the air, it will sketch a panoramic view of the hundreds of hectares of tomato plantations located in California Valley. This is the agricultural area for the highest food productivity of the United States. Equipped with a thermal scanning camera, the robots will squeeze into the middle of the tomatoes and spray water in places with very high temperatures. Besides, they also have the ability to detect places where water pipes are leaking and using these glue cracks.

A California farmer is starting a water-saving robot.(Image source: abcnews).

When the phenomenon of global warming and greenhouse effect is rapidly increasing, countries in the West have begun to apply technology on a large scale during the cultivation process to save every drop of water in the period drought . In particular, California farmers are constantly looking for ways to more effectively use increasingly scarce resources. Across the United States, there were more than 2,100 companies and individuals bringing robots and unmanned vehicles used in agricultural farming.

When the government of this country modifies and relaxes the laws related to drone use in the future, the number will continue to rise even higher. According to scientists estimated For every tomato crop with an area of ​​2,400 acres (equivalent to 971 hectares), the use of watering robots and unmanned drones to detect duct leaks will help save water enough to maintain fertility live more than 550 families with 4 people within a year. California has endured the most dry four-year period in history. Wet winters have caused water to spill over some of the state's northern reservoirs. However, Southern California, drought and drought across the state have not ended.

The use of robots and unmanned aircraft on agricultural cultivation is increasingly popular.

"Outside of California, the use of robots and unmanned aircraft on agricultural farming is increasingly popular in countries like Canada, Australia, South Africa and Latin America because their prices become cheaper and quite easy. use , " said Ian Smith of DroneDeploy, an industry expert in drone software development. An unmanned aircraft currently costs about $ 2,000 and is found quite easily online. After purchase, the item will be sent to the house within a day later. What you need to do is see the instructions for connecting these video cameras of these robots with smartphones or tablets. Besides the purpose of saving water, the ability to take photos and record videos with plants and infrared cameras can also be used to detect color variations in food crops. Since then, stop the epidemic early if any happens.

These thermal cameras can cost up to US $ 10,000 and can show changes in soil moisture. The rows of tomatoes that appear on the screen with orange light will show that they are hot and dehydrated. Meanwhile, dark patches will indicate that the place is still wet.