Green Eagle

A collaboration between M-SParc and two tenants, Aerialworx and Fourtytwable, Green Eagle was born of SBRI Welsh Government funding for a Net Zero Farming project. It responds to the call for decarbonising the agriculture sector, by bringing technological innovations to the field (quite literally!) to tackle the age-old issue of pesticide spraying.

The Green Eagle is a drone that will identify weeds and tackle them one by one; getting to the root of the problem. The Green Eagle will showcase how artificial intelligence, computer vision and drone technology can accelerate both the farming industry and growth in the Welsh economy. The project will save costs, time, environmental impact, carbon emissions and improve farm safety. The work is normally undertaken by diesel tractors or manually by hand and covering acres of land, often with no need as weeds make up only a small portion of the field.

The Green Eagle is a concept project, however if the technology can be proven, then further funding will be secured to commercialise the project, enabling the team to take it to market for the benefit of national agriculture. The AI can also be adapted to recognise native weeds in other continents, leading to the Green Eagle spreading wings across the globe.