A small quadcopter with ground-side processing: the base station does the heavy compute, so the aircraft stays light, cheap and safe.
Carbon frame4 rotors, 2.6 kg takeoff massBrushless motorsLow KV — thrust and efficiency15″ propellersQuiet flight and a light airframeBattery5,850 mAh, 6S — swapped in secondsFlight controllerPixhawk 6XRadio modemVideo stream and commands to the stationRadar altimeterExact height above the canopyGPS/RTK antennaCentimetre-level positioning
End effector
Laser aiming system
Industrial camera — Global shutter, sharp frame in motion
Blue laser module — 450 nm, 20 W
2D galvanometer — Mirror pair for instant aiming
Laser driver — Pulse power control
Active cooling — Heatsink + fan
Lead-angle algorithm
From frame to shot in under 50 ms
The drone never stops moving: the system solves the lead angle with a motion correction and hits the weed exactly.
1Capture and transmit frameDrone2Processing and detectionStation server3Lead-angle solutionStation server4Confirmation and command“Fire” command (X, Y)5Laser shotDrone, <50 ms
