HortiTECH: Design and Fabrication of a Tree Plantation Drone

Muhammad Ahmar Rasool; Muhammad Irfan; Talha Nisar; Zeashan Hameed Khan

doi:10.1109/CATS58046.2023.10424177

HortiTECH: Design and Fabrication of a Tree Plantation Drone

Muhammad Ahmar Rasool^*
, Muhammad Irfan
, Talha Nisar
, Zeashan Hameed Khan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics

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Abstract

This paper describes the design and fabrication of a tree plantation drone named as HortiTECH. A large region of the earth must be reforested for a healthy and greener ecosystem, which appears to be a difficult endeavor if carried out manually. Every year, millions of trees are planted throughout the world, but the traditional process is time-consuming and costly. This difficulty is readily solved by employing drones, which are several times faster than traditional tree plantation methods. Our aim is to design a HortiTECH hexacopter drone that can plant capsuled seedlings from the air over specified topographical areas, as well as design seedpods out of biodegradable materials and a shooting mechanism for them using a Paintball gun. The drone can fly 10 to 20 feet above ground level (AGL) while following a specified planting pattern thanks to 3D mapping and processing. The drone is anticipated to initially plant ten tamarind seeds in a single journey.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350383881
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CATS58046.2023.10424177
State	Published - 2023
Event	2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023 - Mubarak Al-Abdullah, Kuwait Duration: 29 Oct 2023 → 30 Oct 2023

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Name	2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023

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Conference	2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023
Country/Territory	Kuwait
City	Mubarak Al-Abdullah
Period	29/10/23 → 30/10/23

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Keywords

Aerial robots
Agriculture 4.0
Sustainability
food security
tree plantation

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Computer Science Applications

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Rasool, MA, Irfan, M, Nisar, T & Khan, ZH 2023, HortiTECH: Design and Fabrication of a Tree Plantation Drone. in 2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023. 2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023, Mubarak Al-Abdullah, Kuwait, 29/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/CATS58046.2023.10424177

HortiTECH: Design and Fabrication of a Tree Plantation Drone. / Rasool, Muhammad Ahmar; Irfan, Muhammad; Nisar, Talha et al.
2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 Computer Applications and Technological Solutions, CATS 2023).

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HortiTECH: Design and Fabrication of a Tree Plantation Drone

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