Yongyue Agricultural Plant Protection Drone “Assists in Flying” Rural Revitalization

In this context, as an important component of modern agriculture, agricultural plant protection drones have become the focus of media and the entire society. For example, the recent incident where Pingyu Changda Transportation Investment Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Pingyu Changda”), a subsidiary of Pingyu County Transportation Bureau in Zhumadian City, Henan Province, plans to purchase 5000 drones from Yongyue Technology (603879) has attracted the attention of various media outlets. Recently, Yongyue Technology released a special statement explaining the situation.

The purchased drones are agricultural plant protection drones, mainly used for agricultural services and rural revitalization within and around Zhumadian, Henan Province, including but not limited to the management and use of agricultural machinery equipment, agricultural services, and agricultural socialization services. Specifically, they are agricultural and forestry related plant protection services such as wheat, corn, oil crops, white sesame, rice, and forestry within and around Zhumadian.

Agricultural plant protection drones, as the name suggests, are unmanned aerial vehicles used for agricultural and forestry plant protection operations. This type of drone consists of three parts: a flight platform (fixed wing, single rotor, multi rotor), GPS flight control, and spraying mechanism. Through ground remote control or GPS flight control, spraying operations can be achieved, such as spraying chemicals, seeds, powders, etc.

Agricultural plant protection drones have the following advantages: firstly, they are water-saving and cost-effective. The agricultural plant protection UAV can save at least 50% of pesticide usage and 90% of water consumption by spray, which will greatly reduce the resource cost. Low depreciation rate, low oil consumption, low labor cost per unit operation, and easy maintenance; Secondly, the agricultural plant protection drone has a high coverage density and good prevention and control effect. It is a spiral wing with a relatively low operating height. When the pesticide droplets are sprayed from the sprayer, they are accelerated by the downward airflow of the rotor to form an aerosol flow, directly increasing the penetration of the pesticide droplets to crops and reducing the degree of pesticide drift. Moreover, the amount of pesticide deposition and coverage are better than conventional ones, so the prevention and control effect is better than traditional ones, and it can also prevent pesticide pollution to soil; The third is efficiency and safety. The agricultural plant protection drone has a spraying flight speed of 2 acres/s, a spraying device width of 3-4m, a working width of 4-8m, and can maintain a fixed height of 1-2m at the lowest distance from crops. The scale operation can reach 80-100 acres per hour, and its efficiency is at least 100 times higher than conventional spraying. The automatic flight control navigation operation minimizes the time for workers to come into contact with pesticides, thereby ensuring the safety of workers’ lives; The fourth is autonomous operation of flight control navigation. The application of agricultural plant protection drone spraying technology is not limited by terrain and altitude. As long as the crop is taken off from the field within the flight altitude, remote control operation and flight control navigation autonomous operation function are used. Before spraying operation, GPS information of agricultural crops in the field is collected, and the route is planned, input into the internal control system of the ground station to issue instructions, and the spraying device can be carried.

As is well known, agricultural technology, as one of the core driving forces of modern agricultural development, has played a crucial role in promoting rural revitalization. As a supplier of customized solutions for unmanned technology, in recent years, Yongyue Intelligent has actively responded to the national call for rural revitalization strategy, continuously increasing its investment in the field of agricultural technology, relying on the strategic advantage of “technological innovation+advanced manufacturing”, continuously introducing digital technology, intelligent equipment and other means into agricultural production management, improving agricultural production efficiency, and contributing to rural revitalization.

Agricultural plant protection drones are an important measure to promote the full mechanization of agriculture. Yongyue Intelligent adheres to the mission of “manufacturing truly user-friendly industrial drones”, deeply carries out product research and development of plant protection drones and technological investment in smart agricultural solutions, and launches the Guardian X series. After continuous updates and iterations, related products have developed towards a more intelligent and user-friendly direction, not only used in flat farmland such as wheat and rice, but also showcased their skills in complex scenes such as hills, mountains, and orchards.