農耕觀念的更新與科技的進步,帶動了農業經營管理的精進與創新,從糧食生產、農產品行銷、直至農業環境保護及生態維護的思維與作法皆隨著時代脈動往前進步,期望人類能夠過著豐衣足食的幸福生活,也讓人生活出亮麗的生命色彩。農用無人機在此時橫空出世,不僅走在當前農業的產業前沿,更成為未來農業蓬勃發展的空中人工智慧助手,從單一作業機具進化為農業資訊/數據平台、逆境/災害偵(監)測耳目、防疫防災救援樞紐、乃至於農業淨零與碳管理的多功能工具。臺灣農用無人機在農耕體系上的引用與利用,逐漸從早期稻作栽培的噴藥施肥朝向多元的應用方向,希望未來可以結合各種感測裝置、先進科技、人工智慧、物聯網及客製化作業系統等元素,廣泛應用於進一步提升農糧生產的質量、農業經營管理的效能及應對氣候變遷與農業淨零的利器,提供數據化、多目標、高效益及低風險的多特色解決方案,貢獻於農業永續願景的實現。本文整合相關訊息與情境,描述了農用無人機的優勢與挑戰,寄望農業從業人員高瞻遠矚洞察機會所在,農業利害關係人找出產業發展利基,通力合作互利共贏迎向農業的新紀元。
The renewal of farming concepts and the advancement of technologies have driven the improvement and innovation of agricultural management. From food production, agricultural product marketing, to agricultural environmental protection and ecological maintenance, the thinking and practices are progressing with the pulse of the times. It is hoped that human beings can live a happy life with enough food supply, and that people can live a bright and colorful life. Agricultural drones have emerged at this time, not only at the forefront of the current agricultural industry, but also becoming an aerial artificial intelligence helper for the future development of agriculture. They have evolved from a single operating tool to an agricultural information/data platform, an adversity/disaster detection (monitoring) eye and ear, an epidemic prevention and disaster prevention and rescue hub, and even a multi-functional tool for agricultural net zero and carbon management. The introduction and utilization of agricultural drones in Taiwan's farming system has gradually evolved from the early spraying and fertilizing of rice cultivation to a variety of applications. It is expected that, in the future, various sensing devices, advanced technologies, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and customized operating systems can be combined to be widely used to further improve the quality of agricultural and food production, the efficiency of agricultural management, and a tool to cope with climate change and agricultural net zero. With that, it can provide data-based, multi-target, high-efficiency, low-risk, and multi-featured solutions to contribute to the realization of the vision of sustainable agriculture. This article integrates relevant information and scenarios to describe the advantages and challenges of agricultural drones. In view of the future, it hopes that agricultural practitioners will be far-sighted and insightful about opportunities, and agricultural stakeholders will find niches for industry development, and work together for mutual benefit and win-win results to usher in a new era of agriculture.