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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Survey

by
Jaime del Cerro
*,
Christyan Cruz Ulloa
,
Antonio Barrientos
and
Jorge de León Rivas
Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agronomy 2021, 11(2), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020203
Submission received: 8 December 2020 / Revised: 12 January 2021 / Accepted: 18 January 2021 / Published: 21 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Artificially Intelligent Robotics for Agriculture – Current Developments and New Trends)
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Abstract

The number of tasks that nowadays are accomplished by using unmanned aerial vehicles is rising across many civil applications, including agriculture. Thus, this work aims at providing the reader with an overview of the agronomical use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The work starts with a historical analysis of the use of aircrafts in agriculture, as pioneers of their use in modern precision agriculture techniques, currently applied by a high number of users. This survey has been carried out by providing a classification of the vehicles according to their typology and main sensorial and performance features. An extensive review of the most common applications and the advantages of using unmanned aerial vehicles is the core of the work. Finally, a brief summary of the key points of the legislation applicable to civil drones that could affect to agricultural applications is analyzed.
Keywords: RPAS; autonomous aerial vehicles; precision agriculture RPAS; autonomous aerial vehicles; precision agriculture

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del Cerro, J.; Cruz Ulloa, C.; Barrientos, A.; de León Rivas, J. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Survey. Agronomy 2021, 11, 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020203

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del Cerro J, Cruz Ulloa C, Barrientos A, de León Rivas J. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Survey. Agronomy. 2021; 11(2):203. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020203

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del Cerro, Jaime, Christyan Cruz Ulloa, Antonio Barrientos, and Jorge de León Rivas. 2021. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Survey" Agronomy 11, no. 2: 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020203

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del Cerro, J., Cruz Ulloa, C., Barrientos, A., & de León Rivas, J. (2021). Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Survey. Agronomy, 11(2), 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020203

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