Goal:  To provide an overview of unmanned aerial system (UAS) technologies, regulations and best practices for agricultural applications.

Workshop Content: This workshop is designed for participants with little to no experience in UAS technology, who are interested exploring practical applications of UAS for agriculture and as well as other related interests. The workshop will begin with a lecture on drone technologies, regulations and practical considerations for deployment of your drone. We will then go outside for a drone demo and for some hands-on experience with flying a variety of common quad-copter platforms. To conclude the workshop, we will discuss a wide variety of potential scientific and management oriented applications, and associated mission specific considerations.

This course content is the result of a collaborative effort between the UC ANR IGIS Statewide Program, http://igis.ucanr.edu, the UC Berkeley, Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF), http://gif.berkeley.edu/, and the UC Merced, Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation (MESA) Lab, http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/.