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At the university, we are dealing with other work uses of drones, their observation functions are not enough for us, says Petr Hnízdil from ČZU
At the Czech University of Agriculture, scientists are developing a working drone that will find use not only in agricultural production, but also in other fields. The Agronaut drone can autonomously treat crops, spray, etc. “It's a bigger drone. It occupies about one square meter and weighs about ten kilograms empty. It can carry about fifteen kilograms of payload," says Petr Hnízdil, who was a guest of Biznys on Radio ZET.
Commercial serial production of the drone is even planned. "The development of prototype technologies such as 3D printing and the development of possibilities in designing things on the computer helped us a lot in this. This greatly accelerates the birth of the idea of ??the actual physical thing. It can be said that we are able to produce a machine relatively quickly from the first idea, we can talk in two months," Petr Hnízdil describes the birth of a specialized drone.
"The drone is not suitable for large areas, but it fits into the principle of precision agriculture. Using a smaller drone, it is possible to map an entire field or vineyard and analyze local defects and target a machine there to treat it," explains Hnízdil. According to him, this brings huge savings. "We discovered that we are talking about up to 85 percent savings in chemicals, hand in hand with financial costs, time and investments in complex and large machines. The drone flies over the field and does not damage the surroundings. It's eco-friendly and meets all of today's green standards.”
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