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Automation of Agricultural Machines: the farmers perspective
Authors: Edet, Uduak, Hawley, Eric, Mann, Danny Daniel
Identifier: CSBE18127
Download file: https://library.csbe-scgab.ca/docs/meetings/2018/CSBE18127.pdf
Published in: CSBE-SCGAB Technical Conferences » AGM Guelph 2018
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Description: As world population increases every year, so does the demand for quality and affordable food. Mobile agricultural machines like tractors, planters, combines, and sprayers have played a major role in ensuring that there is adequate food for this growing population. As a result, these machines have undergone several modifications to increase their productivity and safety. Today’s farmers make use of current technology to perform various farm operations. Some of these technologies include GPS, autosteer, and variable rate technology. With the advancements made so far, efforts are still being made to further improve their efficiency and operability. Agricultural machine manufacturers/researchers are currently working toward full automation, meaning that these machines would neither have an operator in their cabin nor would they require human involvement to navigate and control their operations. But, is this what farmers desire? Is the farming community willing to fully embrace a driverless tractor, or do farmers prefer to remain in the operator’s seat? The goals of this study were to gain an understanding of farmers’ satisfaction regarding the various modifications that were made on previous/current agricultural machines and to determine the prevailing perception of farmers towards full automation of agricultural machines. To achieve these objectives, a survey was developed and distributed to practicing farmers and university agriculture students in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Findings from the study provided valuable information that will foster decision making during future modification of agricultural machines. Likewise, it will help manufacturers design machines that focus on the needs of the farming community.
Keywords: agricultural machines, farming, automation, machine design, autonomous sprayer.
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Date: 2018-07-22
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Conference name: CSBE/SCGAB 2018 Annual Conference, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, July 22-25 2018.
Session name: Precision Agriculture I
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Description: As world population increases every year, so does the demand for quality and affordable food. Mobile agricultural machines like tractors, planters, combines, and sprayers have played a major role in ensuring that there is adequate food for this growing population. As a result, these machines have undergone several modifications to increase their productivity and safety. Today’s farmers make use of current technology to perform various farm operations. Some of these technologies include GPS, autosteer, and variable rate technology. With the advancements made so far, efforts are still being made to further improve their efficiency and operability. Agricultural machine manufacturers/researchers are currently working toward full automation, meaning that these machines would neither have an operator in their cabin nor would they require human involvement to navigate and control their operations. But, is this what farmers desire? Is the farming community willing to fully embrace a driverless tractor, or do farmers prefer to remain in the operator’s seat? The goals of this study were to gain an understanding of farmers’ satisfaction regarding the various modifications that were made on previous/current agricultural machines and to determine the prevailing perception of farmers towards full automation of agricultural machines. To achieve these objectives, a survey was developed and distributed to practicing farmers and university agriculture students in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Findings from the study provided valuable information that will foster decision making during future modification of agricultural machines. Likewise, it will help manufacturers design machines that focus on the needs of the farming community.
Keywords: agricultural machines, farming, automation, machine design, autonomous sprayer.
Résumé:
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Citation:
Volume:
Issue:
Pages -
Contributor:
Date: 2018-07-22
Technical field:
Conference name: CSBE/SCGAB 2018 Annual Conference, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, July 22-25 2018.
Session name: Precision Agriculture I
Other information:
Type: Text.Article
Format:
Publication type: Technical conference
Source:
Relation:
Coverage: Canada
Language 1: en
Language 2:
Rights: Canadian Society for Bioengineering
Notes:
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