To overcome productivity issues common to maximum take off weight regulation found in many countries regarding UAV Crop Spraying, multiple automated collaborating drones are a solution. This technology requires knowledge of swarming and collision avoidance algorithms and experience in developing and operating Crop Spraying UAVs.
Another sustainable advantage that the joint project introduces is the ability to reduce the amount/cost of chemicals dramatically by turning imagery generated information to a variable rate application.
This market opportunity was the “energy” needed to combine technologies from SkyX and SkyDrones. SkyXhas Patent pending, proprietary algorithms, and system integrations that enable pre-flight optimized planning, automated piloting, and post-flight data analysis enabling Modular Swarm flights to optimize productivity.
Autonomous decision of Spraying Robot A may lead to an autonomous decision of Spraying Robot B. Each robot is configurable for precise performance and accuracy in order to complete a crop spraying mission in the most efficient way. This mission can be deployed on complete areas or precision spot spraying. SkyDrones know how and experience since 2008 in developing UAVs and its specialized Agricultural Crop Spraying services company SkyAgri was a perfect fit to fine tune and test this technology in Brazil.
“We are deeply impressed with the professionalism of SkyDrones and look forward to leveraging our joint synergy to tangible opportunities in the North, Central, and South American markets. Introducing a ready-to-go agriculture spraying solution based on a fleet of drones that work together will change dramatically the existing usage of chemicals and will set up new safety and accuracy standards in the existing operation.”, said EylonSorek, SkyX CEO
“A Team of SkyX engineers worked remotely with SkyDrones engineers for two weeks in order to prepare the integration of our drones with their swarming technology prior their visit to our Brazilian offices earlier this month. On the same day SkyX´s engineers arrived at our main office in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the first successful flights were made showing the maturity of the solution.” Said Ulf Bogdawa, SkyDrones CEO
About Skyx
Skyx is an agricultural-robotics tech company enabling a modular swarm of autonomous drones for spraying. Our proprietary swarming and automation technology enables variable rate application at hotspots (this dramatically reduces chemicals) or a traditional uniform farmland coverage. The Israeli company was founded in 2017 by Eylon Sorek and Dr. Itzik Turkel, raised VC funding and a few government grants. Additional information is available at https://skyx.solutions
About SkyDrones
SkyDrones, who was founded in 2008, has spun off his Agricultural Service company SkyAgri in January 2018. SkyDrones operates in the B2B segment, providing UAV solutions for various sectors of the market and is certified in many agricultural managing platforms like Bayer (now BASF) Digital Farming and Monsanto Climate FieldView among others. Besides the civil market, SkyDrones was certified at the beginning of this year by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense as a Strategic Defense Company. In June this year, SkyAgri presented its business case, invited by AeroVironment, at the Nasdaq Investor and Analyst Event in New York. SkyAgri is looking for investors to scale up its franchising operation and expansion. The Brazilian company also has partnerships with manufacturers and technology developers from the United States, Israel, China, Germany and several other countries.