Case Study – Agriculture: Field flight tests are underway
Field testing is a crucial step in the development of technologies designed for precision agriculture. In recent months, MAVTech has intensified its research, testing, and collaboration activities with sector partners, with the goal of making operations in vineyards and other agricultural contexts increasingly efficient, sustainable, and integrated.
Rovers and drones: a Land–Air collaboration
Together with Info Solution s.r.l, we are taking on a new challenge to develop innovative solutions for precision agriculture and other application sectors. The collaboration between MAVTech’s drones and Info Solution’s rovers will ensure greater environmental sustainability and highly effective operations thanks to the portability, efficiency, and precision of these technologies.
This synergy opens new application possibilities not only in agriculture but also in fields where data collection and continuous monitoring play a strategic role.
Multispectral mapping in vineyards
At the same time, MAVTech has carried out new flight tests in Piedmont and Lombardy using the RX3 drone equipped with the Altum-PT multispectral camera by EagleNXT.
These operations enabled the creation of high-precision multispectral maps to analyse plant vigour, assess their health status, and identify areas requiring targeted agronomic interventions. This is a crucial phase for supporting winegrowers in optimising resources
Special thanks go to Federico Defilippi, owner of Defilippi – Cantine I Gessi, and Matteo Trompetto, owner of Azienda Agricola Terre Sparse, for making their vineyards available during the tests.
Precision navigation and prospects for spraying
While awaiting regulatory updates on the use of drones for spraying plant protection products, MAVTech is continuing its research activities focused on precision navigation along crop rows. A significant step forward comes from the M6 agricultural drone, developed at DIMEAS – Politecnico di Torino and adopted by DROPLY AgriTech.
During flight tests, the M6 demonstrated its ability to maintain low-altitude stability and to follow the rows with high precision.
The ongoing tests aim to turn this research phase into concrete solutions, capable of making spraying more effective, sustainable, and adaptable to the different contexts of precision agriculture.