Application Hexa-Drone Rice Seed Transporters and Sowers Using Autonomous System

Abstract The use of Hexa-drones has grown rapidly, especially in the field of agricultural drones. In this study, hexa-drones are used to transport and sow rice seeds in wetlands to improve farmer performance and efficiency. the hexa-drone consists of six arms equipped with a motor with a global positioning system (GPS) using an Autono-mous mechanism that can be controlled using a remote control at a certain distance in both manual and automatic modes. The design of a seed hopper integrated with a hexa-drone framework is carried out to spread rice seeds. Simulation of seed stocking using Ansys software with several variations of sowing machine motor speed. The seeding mechanism uses Spreading which is equipped with a Y-shaped forked nozzle to adjust the volume of seeds sown. The results of seed seeding modeling show that with motor speeds between 100-170 rpm it is more efficient than other speed variations. This is due to the higher speed compared to other variations of the occurrence of blockage between the slit space and the mouth of the Y-shaped nozzle.