“For the first time in Assam, drone technology being used to spray fertilizers and pesticides in agricultural fields, near Tezpur. The initiative was taken by the State government with joint collaboration of APART, NERFMTTI, IFFCO & BCS”
About Drones:
- An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.
- UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller and a system of communications with the UAV.
- The flight of UAVs may operate under remote control by a human operator, as remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA), or with various degrees of autonomy, such as autopilot assistance, up to fully autonomous aircraft that have no provision for human intervention
- As control technologies improved and costs fell, their use expanded to many non-military applications. These include forest fire monitoring, aerial photography, product deliveries, agriculture, policing and surveillance, infrastructure inspections, science, spray pesticides and fertilizers, smuggling, drone racing etc