XAG (company)

The XAG P Series UAV is an aerial spray system designed for plant protection purposes. After a short training period, it will allow people to safely and efficiently spray with simple but intelligent operation. Specification:[7]

• Rotary Atomisation
• RTK Positioning
• Maximum Effective Flight Speed: 12 m/s
• Spraying Volume: 5.6L/min

XAG XMission is an industrial level multifunctional UAV.[3] XAG XMission can perform aerial operations accurately in a variety of situations, from field mapping, remote sensing monitoring to collecting crop growth information.[8] Specification:[3]

• Open SDK
• RTK Precise Positioning
• Autonomous Flight

XAG JetSeed granule spreading system is an automatic spreading machine for seeding, fertilisation and plant protection.[9] Specification:[10]

• Supports different size of granules: 1mm ~ 10mm.
• Spread Width: 2m-5m
• Capacity: 11L

Starting from 2018 XAG and Harper Adams University based in UK formed a mutually beneficial collaboration with each other to further the advance of agri-tech and encourage farmers in the region to embrace emerging UAV technology such as XAG's many aerial platforms.[11] Harper Adams University is recognized as a leader in the field of agriculture and robotics technology and there could be no better partnership to advance UAV technology both nationally in the UK and internationally.

German pharmaceuticals and life science mega corporation Bayer along with XAG and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Lt’d Rural Taobao launched a joint project to support sustainable agriculture through advancing technology ultimately to increase food quality supplied to consumers all the while maintaining low prices.[12] With XAG's ability to collect data from agricultural sites and apply the processed data to precision plant protection to make the process quantifiable and traceable, which ensures that the use of pesticides and fertilizers is not abused, and that food grown for consumption is safe and of high quality.

Explore the potential applications of agricultural 5G, AI and cloud computing.[13] The data of XAG farmland equipment can be transmitted at high speed through 5G and cloud computing. And the live video monitoring, remote diagnostics and on-site prescription would emerge to enable precision agriculture. XAG and Huawei jointly developed the agricultural IoT system in 2016. XAG FarmMonitor and FarmCam can smooth monitor of crop growth status in real time through Huawei's smart sensors.

XAG took initiative to contribute to the betterment of humanity by participating in a grassland reclamation project in Sichuan province within mainland China.[14] Fragile grassland ecosystems in Sichuan have suffered for decades. With aerial seed spreading system environmental activists are able to replant hectares upon hectares of grass and help nurture the newly planted seeds to replace and make better the sprawling prairies that some thought were lost forever.

The pollination crisis faced by many countries is a causing global concern and caution for the rapid decline of the bee population. Bees, though small, have an immense impact on our lives. These tiny farmers in the sky have supported the global agriculture cycle for centuries, but bee populations have been dying out recently. Farmers and scientists alike have been searching for a solution to the declining pollination problem. They stumbled upon the realization that aerial spraying systems aboard UAVs such as XAG's P-series drones could act as “electronic bees” and pollinate cash crops in the absence of bees. Experiments were done in Australia and Xinjiang to test out the feasibility of this pollination method. It turns out drones are an excellent substitute and with further innovation serve as a sustainable and efficient alternative to reduce stress on the regional bee population. Which ultimately encourages repopulation as well as pollination of target crops.[15]

The hungry fall armyworm can destroy the entire corn field in just a few days or even overnight. Currently, over 100 countries and  80 crop varieties in the world have been infected. The agriculture drone developed by XAG has a spraying efficiency of 14 hectares per hour, which can attack the infected farmland and kill pests on a large scale, thus reducing the degree of moth migration. At present, this technology has been extended from China to Vietnam, Zambia and other regions.[16]