Importance of brushless motors for agricultural UAVs

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has identified several urgent challenges to food production. These include promoting rural prosperity, improving food systems, and increasing agricultural productivity. Advanced technology plays an important role in addressing these challenges. The emergence of smart agriculture is conducive to improving crop yields and livestock management. The use of IoT technology can improve crop productivity and livestock health.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are driving the formation of precision agriculture, and also bring experts the opportunity to develop cloud analysis tools to help analyze the data collected during UAV flights for appropriate responses. Collecting data such as crop height, plant density, leaf condition or livestock body temperature helps farmers and agricultural producers optimize plant or animal management, as well as predict and maximize yields. After data analysis, farmers need some effective measures to make quick decisions based on the information collected. Agricultural drones help farmers increase yields by optimizing irrigation, fertilization or pest control, and reduce costs through more efficient use of fertilizers.

UAV drones used for precision agriculture are diverse, ranging from small fixed-wing aircraft to multi-rotor quadcopter platforms. UAVs used for spraying pesticides may contain six or more rotors to provide sufficient lift, depending on the expected payload.

The motor is an important component of the UAV power system. It is a component that directly converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. The continuous maturity of brushless motor technology is also an important technical foundation for the rise of the agricultural UAV industry. Compared with brushed motors, brushless motors have advantages such as high efficiency and long life. Outer rotor motors are often used on UAVs. What is more advantageous than engines is that brushless motors basically do not require regular maintenance.

UAV-type UAVs usually use brushed or brushless DC (BLDC) motors to drive the lift rotor. Small aircraft use brushed motors to achieve lightweight and simple characteristics, while UAVs that require high reliability and low electromagnetic noise tend to use BLDC, especially large UAVs.

The brushless DC motors used in drones have certain technical requirements in terms of structural design and motor control algorithms, and require strict performance testing and technical verification systems to ensure product reliability.

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