Unmanned aerial vehicles as an efficient platform to enable agriculture's digital future

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dc.contributor.advisorZolotas, Argyrios
dc.contributor.advisorIgnatyev, Dmitry I.
dc.contributor.authorMwesigwa, Grace Elisha
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-11T09:35:02Z
dc.date.available2025-06-11T09:35:02Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-06-11
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.descriptionIgnatyev, Dmitry I. - Associate Supervisor
dc.description.abstractThe potential for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to revolutionise agriculture, particularly small-scale farms, is enormous. Today, most agriculture UAVs are bulky, expensive, and primarily designed for heavy-lift applications, making them unaffordable for most small-scale farmers. Despite the availability of smaller UAVs, they were not designed for agricultural purposes, and have limited endurance. This project presents an innovative solution that involves integration of cylindrical Li-ion cells into the multirotor’s airframe structure, thereby cost- effectively enhancing endurance. Through the proposed engineering design approach, a prototype UAV is built and tested, demonstrating a significant endurance improvement over similarly sized vehicles powered by LiPo batteries. This design presents a budget friendly solution that could enable small-scale farmers to take advantage of affordable UAV technology.
dc.description.coursenameMSc by Research in Aerospace
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/24012
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCranfield University
dc.publisher.departmentSATM
dc.rights© Cranfield University, 2023. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder.
dc.subjectUAV
dc.subjectEndurance
dc.subjectCylindrical Cell battery
dc.subjectLi-ion battery
dc.subject18650
dc.subjectMultirotor
dc.titleUnmanned aerial vehicles as an efficient platform to enable agriculture's digital future
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMRes

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