{"id":2187,"date":"2015-07-03T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2015-07-03T17:00:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T17:00:41","slug":"ufv-researchers-test-drone-scarecrows-in-abbotsfords-blueberry-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/07\/03\/ufv-researchers-test-drone-scarecrows-in-abbotsfords-blueberry-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV Researchers test drone scarecrows in Abbotsford’s blueberry fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver Sun reports that researchers at the University of the Fraser Valley believe drones may finally silence the cannons that boom throughout the summer on blueberry farms.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/a>\"Myles_Andrew-Drone_Scarecrow\"<\/a>\"Myles_Andrew-Drone_Scarecrow2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor Tom Baumann and his team are reprogramming helicopter-like UAVs \u2014 properly known as unmanned aerial vehicles \u2014 to fly preset patterns over ripening blueberries in the hope they will scare way the birds that feast on farmers\u2019 fruit and kill their profits.<\/p>\n

In a demonstration flight last week, UFV instructor Myles Andrew piloted a four-prop drone quietly over Abbotsford berry fields, though gusting winds made landings difficult.<\/p>\n

\"BC-blueberries-Darryl_Dyck-canadian_press_image\"<\/a>The goal is to create an affordable drone that flies in a pattern across the fields using GPS positioning and then returns to a charging base until the next flight, all without direct control or supervision from human beings, Baumann said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want it to fly around, scare the daylights out of the birds \u2014 especially the starlings \u2014 and keep them nervous enough to stay away during harvest,\u201d said Baumann.<\/p>\n

See full story and video.<\/a><\/p>\n

(Images credits – Vancouver Sun)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vancouver Sun reports that researchers at the University of the Fraser Valley believe drones may finally silence the cannons that boom throughout the summer on blueberry farms. \u00a0 Professor Tom Baumann and his team are reprogramming helicopter-like UAVs \u2014 properly known as unmanned aerial vehicles \u2014 to fly preset patterns over ripening blueberries in the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-agriculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2194,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/2194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}