2021-2022 Agricultural Drone Team

Agricultural Drone: Designing for further afield

As Oregon State University’s Agricultural Drone team, we are partnering with Raitong Organics Farm to bring engineering beyond the class room to farms and fields.

A Project with a Purpose

Our goal for this project is to improve accessibility of UAVs for agricultural use in low income countries. To this end, we are pursuing a drone which is open source, rugged, and designed for easy repair. The result of this is improved efficiency in agriculture at a lower cost to the user than conventional farming practices.

 

Landmarks:

  • Flight time of 30 minutes to 1 hour

  • Cover 100 square meters with consistent spraying

Areas of optimization:

  • Minimization of custom parts

  • Maximization of off-the-shelf part use

  • Repair simplification

  • Build time

Where can volunteers contribute?

  • Manufacturing

    Our team will be manufacturing a variety of materials ranging from carbon fiber to sheet metal. Each part is unique and offers different challenges which will help grow volunteers' experience and manufacturing abilities. Our experienced manufacturing team will use a variety of tools from the CNCs and waterjet to the mills and lathes.

  • Design

    We are looking to create a frame and payload system that is compact, modular and lightweight. Volunteers are welcome to assist in modeling, frame loading analysis, and prototyping.

  • Testing

    We flight test the drone regularly and appreciate assistance in designing static and dynamic testing methods to improve our designs.

Come on over

Agricultural Drone meets at Rogers 342 Monday 1pm

Please contact Cole Rawie at rawiec@oregonstate.edu

 
 
 

Our Sponsor:

Raitong Organics Farm

Raitong Organics Farm, a social farming enterprise based in Sisaket province, Thailand, was established in 2007 to create a thriving and sustainable community of Thai farmers and customers. The farm promotes organic and biodynamic farming methods as a way to improve the well-being and dignity of Thai farmers and as a way to ensure customers have access to the best quality and most nutritious food.