Modeling and development of an autonomous drone swarm for precision agriculture

Abstract

The thesis explores the impact of mass use of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) technologies in the agricultural sector and orchard management. It provides research on the existing problems, technologies and products regarding autonomous data gathering in an orchard via a swarm of drones. It iterates over the security aspects of IoT networking providing strengths and weaknesses of the existing security architectures. A thorough analysis of the market of the IoT in the agricultural filed in Republic of Moldova is provided and conclusions are drawn about market state. Lastly, it contains insights about the integration of innovative artificial intelligence into autonomous drone missions.