{"id":293785,"date":"2017-02-12T11:52:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T11:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=293785"},"modified":"2017-02-12T11:52:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T11:52:58","slug":"knust-makes-progress-in-building-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/knust-makes-progress-in-building-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"KNUST makes progress in building drones"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is making strong progress in the use of the flying robot technology to aid the growth of the nation\u2019s agriculture.<\/p>\n
Its College of Engineering (CoE) has developed a home-made drone, which could be deployed to pick weather data, monitor farming activities and environmental degradation.<\/p>\n
The device could also serve other vital purposes \u2013 for security and atmospheric research.<\/p>\n
It was developed by a team of research scientists and engineers of the college and seen as a giant step forward by the country\u2019s foremost science and technology institution to lead cutting-edge research to solve Ghana\u2019s industrial and technological challenges.<\/p>\n
Professor Mark Adom-Asamoah, Provost of the College, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in Kumasi, that successful tests of the unmanned flying aircraft had been run.<\/p>\n
The device had so far been used to monitor the concentration of e-waste at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra.<\/p>\n