Eradicating insects with drones

PATS Drones

Since the organic crop demand is rapidly growing, pesticides are less favorable to use against insects. A new automated solution has to take over from these pesticides. A Delft startup called PATS Drones solves this problem by using bat-like drones to automatically control insect populations.

PATS drones tackles the insect problem at its source. Their drones proactively hunt flying pest insects and eliminates them while in flight. The whole system is autonomously controlled by a base station. This base station intelligently scouts flying pest insects with a 360-degree vision system. When the target is acquired, the system sends a drone after the insect to eliminate it.

Components for this system, for example the base station, are manufactured with 3Delft by using 3D printers. A lean startup such as PATS Drones needs to rapidly prototype their innovative products and therefore fast and reliable production is crucial.

It is always nice to be inspired by such genius ideas which are transforming the agriculture for a cleaner pesticidless future. We wish PATS Drones a lot of good luck on their journey. Check out their website for more information.