As of this year, Jacto has made the autonomous sprayer available to the market. The machine now meets international technical standards for farming, with a focus on work safety and the prevention of operational accidents.
“We can see a clear maturing market in the adoption of autonomous solutions. Like every emerging technology, this one has required a necessary period of validation and operational adjustments in the field. With over 16,000 hours worked and covered almost 60,000 hectares, the sprayer is now ready to be released as a commercial product”, Carlos Daniel Haushahn, Jacto CEO, comments.
The Arbus 4000 JAV meets the increasing need to optimize agricultural operations. Initially designed for citrus crops, the sprayer can spray without an operator on board, only with remote supervision and control. The operator is less exposed to risks and fatigue.
Additionally, more than one machine can be controlled in the same operation by using the convoy feature, in which one machine follows the other. In this case, a single operator can operate up to four sprayers simultaneously, increasing productivity by up to 300% per operator. By operating continuously for 24 hours, Arbus 4000 JAV can achieve up to 30% higher operational efficiency than traditional sprayers for citrus crops, with uniform speed, coverage, and product volume.
Another outstanding point is the application system that features up to 6 fans in the tower spraying system, which enables variable applications at every height of the plant and, consequently, generates input savings in the sprayer operation. Operating 24 hours per day, each sprayer can cover over 1,000 hectares per month when operations are well-adjusted.
Vision by sensors
In addition to protecting crops against pests and diseases, the Arbus 4000 JAV has embedded technology that scans plants using a laser sensor. Using this feature, the machine identifies the plant’s location and adjusts the sprayer to the target application.
To reach the sprayer’s full potential, an intelligence system connects all electronic components to perform functions in a coordinated, efficient way. Telemetry collects, processes, and interprets data in real time, in a highly agile manner. Information remains available to support decision-making and adjustments to the sprayer’s working process.
With the artificial intelligence acting on this data, the Arbus 4000 JAV can create a virtual scenario containing the projection of the plants, with an estimate of the size and width of the canopies and the spacing between the tree canopies in front of it, through which it will pass, to center its route between the two rows of crops.
The data generated by the sensors on all sprayers is shared in real time via the Jacto Connect system, allowing visual management of the entire operation, with all operational and crop parameters available to the manager.
