A drone photographs your field, our AI detects the weeds and your sprayer opens the nozzles only above the weed patches. With your own drone or with a pilot from our network.
You set up the field in the Croptic app. The drone automatically follows an optimal flight pattern and captures high-resolution RGB images. Those images overlap, so every detail is covered and no weed falls between two photos.
The images are processed by our detection model. For each plant or patch we record the position, the species and how dense it stands. You get a task map with coordinates in it, in a standard format. That tells your sprayer exactly where to open the nozzles.
We prepare the map in the format your terminal reads. Put it on a USB stick, plug it into the terminal and drive. No converting, no figuring out.
Based on the task map, the nozzles only open above the weeds. The rest of the field stays untreated. Even with wider section control you save considerably, the more precise the machine the bigger the saving, but even with older sprayers it pays off. Result: 86% less product on average, up to 95% at low weed pressure.
A pilot from our network scans your field.
With your own drone you scan your fields when it suits, and pay per scan.
A drone with RTK and an RGB camera with a mechanical shutter, a pilot licence (A1/A3 is enough for most fields) and insurance. We work with the DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral. Count on roughly 5,000 euros including VAT for the drone, RTK, controller and spare batteries.
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You buy less product and leave less residue in soil and crop. From the headland you estimate the weed pressure, from above you see per zone how heavy it really is. The task map goes into the sprayer that is already there, whether you drive it yourself or your contractor does.
You offer task-map spraying as an extra service, on the machine you already have. A full tank covers more hectares, so you drive back to refill less often. After the season your customer gets a report per field with what he saved, and that is why he calls again next year.
“This year we used 60 percent less product on our beets, with the same yield.”
Pieter V., farmer, 180 hectares of beets and potatoes
A field sprayer with GPS and section control, nozzle switching or PWM is enough. If your sprayer only has section control, the patches on the map are a little coarser and you save a little less. We tell you that up front. You pay per scan, per hectare, without a subscription.
Draw a field, download the flight map, upload photos, collect the task map. On the PC or on your phone, without installing anything. Your contractor or pilot sees the same fields as you.
Send us your field and we call you to schedule the flight. After the first task map you decide for yourself whether to continue.
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