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System for managing an insect swarm using a plurality of drones
12458011 · 2025-11-04 · ·

This disclosure relates to system and method for managing an insect swarm using a plurality of drones. The method includes detecting an insect swarm. The method may further include tracking a movement of the insect swarm. The method further includes communicating, with remaining of the plurality of drones, to dynamically align in a position based on the tracking so as to make a drone formation. The method further includes magnetizing, by at least some of the plurality of drones, one or more drone couplers for electromagnetically coupling the at least some of the plurality of drones with each other as per the drone formation. The method further includes casting, by each of the plurality of drones, a net to trap insects in the insect swarm. The method further includes supplying, by each of the plurality of drones, a high voltage to the net to decapacitate the insects.

Agricultural machine having improved suspension

The invention relates to an agricultural apparatus (1) for spreading material such as fertilizer, plant protection products or seed, comprising a distributor linkage (10) which can be folded on both sides, comprising a central part (11), where the central part (11) is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the agricultural apparatus (2), two intermediate frames (12a,b) connected to the central part (11), in particular by joints, two lateral booms (13a,b) connected to the respective intermediate frames (12a,b), a first hydraulic actuating device (14) which connects a first of the intermediate frames (12a) to the central part (11), where the respective first boom (13a) can be moved by way of the first hydraulic actuating device (14) about a first axis of rotation (h1) pointing in the direction of travel of the agricultural apparatus (1), and a second hydraulic actuating device (15), where the respective second arm (13b) can be moved by way of the second hydraulic actuating device (15) about a second axis of rotation (h2) pointing in the direction of travel of the agricultural apparatus (1).