This state-of-the-art technology will help farmers without manual labor

Just a smartphone with a little knowledge of technology, new generation farmers can fully control an unmanned aircraft to manage work from spraying chemicals to plants to health surveys. Crops. This product was recently released by Xaircraft.

No longer needing manual labor, farmers now own modern tools to assist in farm work.

Xaircraft unmanned aircraft.

And with an intelligent software, unmanned aircraft can operate independently, so that the process of using it effectively at a much lower cost than hiring a dedicated pilot to transport the machine fly in the fields.

Although manufacturers have introduced this technology to the agricultural market during the past two decades, according to Xaicraft, the rate of application is still very low. Therefore, manufacturers from China decided to expand the market and move to the US.

And according to another survey, only 2% of Chinese farmers approach this method. The main reason comes from low awareness and partly because of the unfriendly technology of users.

However, with the support of an independent flight system and smartphone application, this technology has made a big change. In the near future, farmers just need to draw the shape of the field into the phone, unmanned aircraft will then operate, perform activities and even respond to the original position.

Test running Xaircraft in a local field.

The company's headquarters in Guangzhou have now trained more than 1,000 operators of unmanned aircraft. However, they are aspiring to implement free online courses to reduce teaching costs.

Next step: Data

For farmers who know how to fly an airplane, they can take a step forward in analyzing the data collected to effectively manage their plantations.

A startup company from Malaysia, Poladrone is writing software to analyze palm oil plantations . Based on the image taken from above, this software can count oil palm trees, determine crop health, and warn farmers if it detects overlapping or congested crops.

The whole view of palm oil plantations from above.

Jinxi Cheong, the founder, explained that images recorded with this software help analyze the state of plant health based on factors such as leaf color.

It is known that an average of 10% of oil palm fruits are wasted because of the expensive health check process but lack of human accuracy.

In fact, Poladrone did not produce the aircraft themselves, but based on the DJI Phantoms operating unit and flight control using the Litchi management application.

Oil palm plantation in Muar, Johor.

Cheong also shared: "All we focus on is now an easy, simple control solution for farmers and plantation managers. One way anyone can use it without asking However, this is also a traditional industry, so it requires a solid roadmap to receive new technology, with a period of 5 - 10 years. "