The choice of 62 million financing behind the agricultural industrial drone

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] Although the application of drones has been reported by major media and industry in recent years, in the hearts of the people, little is known about the concept and application scenarios of drones, even if they know most of them. Military use. However, this may be an opportunity for some capitalists to dream of, precisely because its concept is known little, so there is a huge space for development. Therefore, the big capitalists and entrepreneurs are very popular with drones.

On October 9, led by Tongdu Capital, the industrial drone Honeycomb Technology announced the completion of the 62 million A round of financing. However, just a few months ago, Jingdong, Gobi Venture Capital and Danang No Coffee had already made tens of millions of RMB in the joint venture of Honeycomb Technology. That is to say, it has won several rounds of financing in just a few months. It can't help but make many people's doubts and suspicions, and they can win the favor of many investors. Where are their advantages and prospects? Where is their enthusiasm?

Capitalists are looking for the vents of industrial drones

In China, the real explosion of industrial drones is after the rapid expansion of the domestic market in 2010, coupled with the explosive development of domestic Internet and technology, industrial drones have also begun to expand rapidly, major capitalists and entrepreneurs. They are also entering the game and looking for opportunities. In the past few years, the giant UAV drone that has consumed consumer drones has begun to enter the industrial level, launching an agricultural watering drone with a value of up to $15,000.

According to the "2017-2022 China Industrial UAV Industry Development Prospects and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report" released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the sales volume of domestic industrial drones (gyroplanes) in 2015 was 1.631 billion, a year-on-year increase. 55%, the sales volume in 2016 reached 2.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 60%. It is expected that China's industrial drone market will grow rapidly in the next decade. In 2020, China's industrial drones will reach a market scale of 16.5 billion.

From the above data, we can see that the market size and market prospects of industrial drones are very considerable. In the future, the application scenarios will be more abundant and diversified, providing more effective solutions for various industries and fields. However, some capitalists and entrepreneurs are concerned about how much profit and wealth they can bring. Where is the rumor?

Artificial intelligence + industrial drone double combination, great radiance

In fact, industrial drones can be so fast, in addition to their own advantages, it is important to benefit from the continuous development of artificial intelligence.

In traditional industrial drones, the application scenarios can only be limited to some simple, or relatively large-scale work with low technical content, such as agricultural irrigation, pesticide spraying, deep forest fire fighting, material distribution, debt relief, map mapping Even though it can play a very important role for these, it can greatly improve efficiency and time. However, how to automatically identify in the irrigation and spraying areas where more irrigation is needed and which needs less spraying, these traditional drones cannot be broken.

However, once artificial intelligence is applied to industrial drones, its application scenarios will be richer and more diverse, and the functions will be more powerful. For example, it can detect wind power, observe river changes, atmospheric sampling, crop detection, power inspection, disaster detection, mineral resource exploration, anti-terrorism, anti-drug, traffic control, and many other high-tech applications. . For another example, we can imagine an application scenario in which an unmanned aerial vehicle can be used to perform fixed-point monitoring of temperature, gas composition, and air microparticles. It can also carry visible light and infrared cameras to search for signs of life. To complete, not only efficiency, but also a greater risk of personnel safety.

Obviously, industrial drones will continue to evolve with the deep learning of artificial intelligence, and the application scenarios will become more diverse and more powerful. Perhaps the future will be involved in more difficult areas, such as the aerospace field, and even landing on the moon to survey the surface of the moon.

Industrial drones are more important in the agricultural sector

Of course, artificial intelligence adds considerable added value to industrial drones. The diversification, diversification and future market size and development of its application scenarios are quite superior. However, in addition to artificial intelligence, it also benefits from The wide application of another scenario may be an important reason for real capital gains in addition to artificial intelligence.

It is not difficult to find that although there are many application scenarios for industrial drones, their applications are many, and their original intention is to apply agriculture. The main focus of the Honeycomb Technology, which won the 62 million A round of financing, is the application of drones in agriculture. Similarly, the UAVs are also used in agricultural watering.

We know that China is a large agricultural country with nearly 1.8 billion mu of basic farmland. If all of it is used for agricultural plant protection operations, its labor and efficiency are problems for farmers or contractors, although there are agricultural irrigation vehicles, whether from scale. And the efficiency is slightly inferior. At the same time, in the annual agricultural plant protection operation, as the pesticide poisoning is as high as 100,000, the fatality rate is 20%, and other safety problems are countless.

In addition, the unmanned helicopter spraying technology uses spray spraying to save at least 50% of pesticide use and save 90% of water consumption, which will greatly reduce resource costs. How much agriculture and water can be saved if it is 1.8 billion mu of farmland?

At the same time, as early as 2004~2006, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Science and Technology recognized the arduous task of rice pest control. In 2006, the Nanjing Aviation Plant Protection Seminar was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture of Nanjing Agricultural Machinery. Japanese experts introduced the experience and operation methods of Japanese UAV aviation plant protection, and promoted the research work of UAV aviation plant protection in China. In 2010, commercial plant protection drones were delivered to the market, officially kicking off the industrialization of China's plant protection drones.

After that, whether it is domestic or foreign, agriculture has always been a matter of concern. The so-called people eat food for the sky, there is no food, and no amount of money and honor is worth mentioning. Therefore, the added value of industrial drones with artificial intelligence will be even more powerful, and will shine in the agricultural field. To say where the vents of industrial drones are, agriculture is bound to be one.