Developing a low-cost RPA to meet the demands of teaching and research at CCA - UFPB.

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.973414241114

• Palavras-chave: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Fixed-wing platform, UFPB, CCA, DSER.

• Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Fixed-wing platform, UFPB, CCA, DSER.

• Abstract:

  This paper presents the development and improvement of a low-cost RPA for teaching and research in the Agronomic Engineering course at the Center for Agrarian Sciences at the Federal University of Paraíba. The use of these platforms for civilian use has become increasingly popular in the last decade, due to the growing demand for mapping, monitoring, imaging and inspection data, among others, driven by countries such as Brazil. The selection of the type of electric motor, propeller, battery, communication and telemetry channel, autonomous flight system, as well as other components, followed a technical study aimed at increasing the range of possible areas for obtaining data in the most varied areas of the agricultural sciences. The result obtained so far has been the development of a remotely piloted aircraft costing less than R$ 600.00, a much lower cost than that offered on the market.