Research and development is an integral part of the academic activities of our department. The department has undertaken sponsored, collaborative research projects and consultancy works in the area of precision agriculture, software development for automation of University administrative processes.
The University provides infrastructure and other support for quality research and product development, The following are the ongoing collaborative research projects, Krushivaidya Smart System for Early Detection of Plant Diseases and Pest Infestation – Case study on Chilli.
Fungal diseases, Plant viruses and Insect pests – cause 30 percent loss. (both quality and quantity) Laboratory tests -time consuming. Too late by the time the disease is visible. Disease spreads out- hard to counteract the damage done . Hence, important to detect diseases and Pest Infestation early. Helps in minimizing the usage of the pesticides. The department has developed an automated technological solution to examine the crops for disease and pest infestation in collaboration wit University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. The project is funded by Department of IT & BT, GoK, under the Grand Challenge Programme-2017. The details of the project are available on youtube link https://youtu.be/sRvsaRA4BTA
Prototype Unmanned Aerial Sprayer for Plant Protection in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
Aerial application of pesticides has many advantages such as providing an alternate solution to mundane and laborious task of manual spraying and can potentially reduce the amount of pesticide required by its ability to apply chemicals precisely at locations where it is needed. A prototype Unmanned Aerial Sprayer with a payload of 20 kg, a spraying rate of 6 liters per minute, a spraying swathe of 3 meters, coverage rate of 2 to 4 meters per second and 10 minutes of flight time was built using state of the art technologies. The project is a joint development by University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, KLE Technological University, Hubballi and SkyKrafts Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. The final demonstration video of Prototype Unmanned Aerial Sprayer can be viewed from the following YouTube link: https://youtu.be/216OtsbyQio.
Environmental Monitoring System – Air Quality Monitoring of Hubballi City : The objective of this project is to monitor the air quality of Hubballi city in terms of air quality parameters such as CO, CO2, NO2 5 and PM10. The air quality stations are deployed at five different locations of the city to collect the live data and same can be retrieved through the portal http://www.yuktix.com/app/login.php. The students can retrieve the data through APIs to use in their projects. The project is funded by KLE Technology University under capacity building projects.Drone
Development Lab: To introducestudents and faculty to drone technologies, the department has introduced Drone development lab. The lab provides the required components and tools to build drone to use in in GIS Projects and Precision agriculture applications. The project is funded by KLE Technology University under capacity building projects.