ABABEEL PLANTATION DRONE

The purpose of our project is to design a motor controlled drone that is capable of dispersing seeds in different regions on the earth with the potential for reforestation. The project is divided into three main parts a hex copter; a computer controlled seed dispenser/gun and software that would con

Project Title

ABABEEL PLANTATION DRONE

Project Area of Specialization

Internet of Things

Project Summary

The purpose of our project is to design a motor controlled drone that is capable of dispersing seeds in different regions on the earth with the potential for reforestation. The project is divided into three main parts a hex copter; a computer controlled seed dispenser/gun and software that would control the seed dispenser, design a mission trajectory through GPS coordinates and would control the movements and communication of drone.

The hex copter would be designed to carry weight of the other hardware components. The hex copter would be equipped with a multispectral camera that would take visual data and would create a 3D map and with a seed dispenser that would dispense seed into the ground from certain height.

The seed dispenser would consist of a container to store seeds and would have a controlled mechanism for dispersing those seeds. This motor would regulate the flow of seed dispersal and would be designed to fit the hex copter.

Project Objectives

Reforestation drone will provide us aid in planting seeds automatically in any area, and other features as:

1. Every single detail about the health of forest, and composition of sand
2. Will work in areas having no access of internet.
3. Live coverage
4. Will meet one of the SDG’s goal [7, 13, 15]
5. Help to overcome many major issues Globalwarming,loss of biodiversity etc 

Project Implementation Method

Mission Planner  used for controlling, ArduPllot would be used for simulation, planning flight, enabling disabling the hardware, setting flight data and for configuration.Ardunio Studio, software would be used to design an android app that would be used by the operator from ground station to operate the drone using their smartphones.

GPS Coordinate Generator software which runs in Ardunio would be used in integration with other soft wares and would receive input from operator and design the mission path and plans the plotting.

Hex copter is an autonomous flying vehicle that is powered by a battery, would be operated by an operator using an app. The drone as shown in figure 3 has an Autopilot Flight Control Board as the central unit that receives the commands from a Radio Control System and uses a GPS system for navigation.

Multispectral Camera  is used in the project in order to determine the health of the soil and the vegetation. As the aerial images re obtained they are then processed by the camera for generating the orthomosaics with the health information of the soil. And finally soil composition index will be generated from the orthomosaics for better interpretation of the user. According to which the seeds would be the fired once required area is mapped out from the data.The seed gun or dispenser would be designed  such to hold the seeds and would be programmed to fire these seeds into earth from certain height with a defined speed within a certain time period.when the operation of the drone starts the switch is turned on which triggers the gun into power state. With which the Ardunio is turned n and it starts working by doing calibration and mapping of the area where seeds are to be dispersed. The commands are the fed to the motors and the gun fires bullets into targeted area. With each seed bullet being fired the Leds turns on and gives indication. And the process ends when the target is achieved.

Benefits of the Project

•The drone would plant 10 seeds per minute (approximately 3,600 seeds in one day) and one billion trees a year.

•One operator can control multiple drones (6 drones) at a time.

•Would plant seeds in areas where human reach is inaccessible due to rough topography or infrastructure issues.

•The drone would monitor the soil erosion, soil fertility, soil n environment humidity level using algorithms.

•Green Pakistan

•Versatile and Cost effectiveness.

•Environment Friendly.

•Can be used in monitoring the health of forests.

•Results in improved forest management.

•Local production would cut the cost of custom taxation and the import costs.

•Can be used by the Forestry Department in monitoring any illegal activities such as deforestation or hunting of animals in forests.

•Would reduce the manual work

•Can plant seeds and seedlings along the river banks, roadsides or railway lines more efficiently and effectively.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Hex copter frame of 3x2.5 ft.
• 9 propeller props blades guard.
• PBD power module.
• PixFalcon micro PX 6 autopilot.
• 6 PCS ECS simonk
• 3DR radio telemetry.
• 4propeller counter rotation.
• 2x3 cell battery power 2100mA.
• Arduino
• Seed gun
• Micro spectral camera.
• air compressed cylinder

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Type of Industry

IT , Agriculture , Food , Health

Technologies

Internet of Things (IoT), Others

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Climate Action, Life on Land

Required Resources

If you need this project, please contact me on contact@adikhanofficial.com