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Autonomous agricultural machines

Autonomous agricultural machines E D I T O RI A L Autonomous Agricultural Machines Dear Reader, combine harvesters are in operation at the same time on the vast fields. As soon The world’s population is growing as the grain tank of one harvester is full, dramatically. The UN has forecast that the driver uses a tablet PC to summon an it will exceed 9.7 billion people by the autonomous tractor with a trailer, which year 2050. Feeding this huge population then waits to be loaded before driving will require modern satellite-controlled automatically to the truck standing at machines that maximize crop yields. the side of the field. At the same time, they should cause as little damage to the environment as Personally, I find the Agco/Fendt solution possible as a result of their emissions, with the “small” robots very attractive. soil compaction, etc. This will require Not only because they have very low completely new approaches that can noise emissions and are environmentally be implemented only with the aid of friendly, but also because of their safety smart technology. aspect. The consequences of an accident with a 40-kg robot would be far less Swarm intelligence could be one pos- serious than with a much heavier tractor. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ATZoffhighway worldwide Springer Journals

Autonomous agricultural machines

Fuchs, Andreas
ATZoffhighway worldwide , Volume 11 (2) – Jun 8, 2018
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Autonomous agricultural machines

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E D I T O RI A L Autonomous Agricultural Machines Dear Reader, combine harvesters are in operation at the same time on the vast fields. As soon The world’s population is growing as the grain tank of one harvester is full, dramatically. The UN has forecast that the driver uses a tablet PC to summon an it will exceed 9.7 billion people by the autonomous tractor with a trailer, which year 2050. Feeding this huge population then waits to be loaded before driving will require...
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
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Engineering; Automotive Engineering
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2366-1097
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10.1007/s41321-018-0023-1
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Abstract

E D I T O RI A L Autonomous Agricultural Machines Dear Reader, combine harvesters are in operation at the same time on the vast fields. As soon The world’s population is growing as the grain tank of one harvester is full, dramatically. The UN has forecast that the driver uses a tablet PC to summon an it will exceed 9.7 billion people by the autonomous tractor with a trailer, which year 2050. Feeding this huge population then waits to be loaded before driving will require modern satellite-controlled automatically to the truck standing at machines that maximize crop yields. the side of the field. At the same time, they should cause as little damage to the environment as Personally, I find the Agco/Fendt solution possible as a result of their emissions, with the “small” robots very attractive. soil compaction, etc. This will require Not only because they have very low completely new approaches that can noise emissions and are environmentally be implemented only with the aid of friendly, but also because of their safety smart technology. aspect. The consequences of an accident with a 40-kg robot would be far less Swarm intelligence could be one pos- serious than with a much heavier tractor.

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Published: Jun 8, 2018

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