Smart Agricultural Seeds Spreading Drone For Soft Soil Paddy Fields

This research is on the design and fabrication of an autonomous agricultural drone for sowing seeds in paddy fields. A seed spreading nozzle was specially developed and integrated with the drone in order to reduce the seed sowing time. The drone consists of a global positioning system (GPS) and auto-pilot system in which the flight path can be controllable in both auto and manual modes. The flying path can be programmed in a software prior the flight and can be altered if required. In addition, the agricultural drone is manually controllable using long range remote controller. The seed sowing rate is controlled by the parameters of the nozzle. The proposed agricultural drone will provide a solution for seed sowing in soft soil paddy fields and it can also be used in other paddy fields. The field trials proved that the proposed method is accurate and precise enough for paddy cultivation requirement as specified by agricultural experts.