ʻO DJI, kahi mea hana drone kalepa, a Ke Kulanui Moku'āina ʻo Wakinekona (WSU) e hui pū ma ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana lewa unmanned i ka mahiʻai pololei. E hoʻomohala pū ʻo DJI a me WSU i nā ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka mahiʻai me nā ʻōnaehana lewa ʻole.
ʻO kēia ka hui mua o DJI me kahi kulanui o ʻAmelika, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka hui ma kahi nūhou. WSU's Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems, e noho ana ma Prosser, Wakinekona, e alakai i ka hana.
ʻO ke keʻena poʻo ma Shenzhen, Guongdong, Kina, hana ʻo DJI i nā kaʻa mokulele unmanned a me nā ʻōnaehana kiʻi lewa. Ma 2015, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kāna drone mua i hoʻomohala kūikawā no ka mahiʻai, ʻo ka DJI Agras MG-1.
Ke ʻimi nei nā hoa ʻelua i nā hui noiʻi e komo pū ana:
- ʻO ka mahiʻai pololei: ka nānā ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o nā mea kanu, ke kiʻi kiʻi lewa a me ka hoʻopuʻi pololei ʻana;
- ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka platform UAS no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu, e like me ka pale ʻana i nā manu a me ka wehe ʻana i ka wai ua mai nā canopies cherry;
- ʻO ka phenotyping kahua wikiwiki (ke kiʻi ea) o nā laina hoʻohua hou; a
- Ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka loiloi ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana lewa unmanned e hiki mai ana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mahiʻai.
E aʻo pū ʻo DJI i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi "Global Research Challenge" ma WSU, e hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā haumāna a me nā kumu e ʻimi i nā hopena i nā pilikia ʻenehana honua maoli, wahi a ka hui.