Intelligent Technologies in Agriculture
A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2021) | Viewed by 456
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fertilizer spreaders and seeders; vibration analysis; precision farming machines; dynamic analysis; mechatronic system of agricultural machines
Interests: intelligent systems in agriculture; precision agriculture; robotics; exhaust emission; tractor dynamics; remote control systems; organic agriculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
Precision agriculture is understood as a set of technological solutions for the development of sustainable agriculture. Remote monitoring and automatic steering guidance of agricultural machinery, variable rate fertilization and sowing, plant protection, satellite-controlled harvesting machines, and machine telemetry are only some of the technological solutions used in the management of precision agriculture. Precision agriculture uses the farm management method. This method uses digital information technology such as Global Navigation Satellite System machine positioning data, and remotely monitors changes in soil and plant properties. The goal of this technology is to optimize the cost of raw materials and reduce negative impacts on the environment. Rapidly evolving computer technology, agricultural machinery performing complex processes, satellite-controlled mechanisms, and mechatronic systems enable more accurate and faster operation. Intelligent systems such as automatic steering systems, telemetry, and the automation of technological processes based on artificial intelligence are widely used in precision agriculture. The automation of technological processes provides an opportunity to perform the assigned work by maximizing the use of technical potential and its efficiency. This saves time in work processes, and efficiently uses fertilizers and plant protection products, as well as fuel. However, regulatory systems for agricultural information and work processes are becoming more complex. Agricultural professionals face problems in interpreting information such as yield, fertilization, spraying, soil agrochemical maps, data analysis, and application. This Special Issue will help researchers and professionals to apply intelligent technologies in agriculture more intelligently.
This Special Issue aims to provide new insights into the application of intelligent technologies in agriculture, including the needs of society to implement a new and technologically advanced concept of agriculture.
With this Special Issue, we invite you to share your high-quality research results on automatic management, telemetry, remote control, steering guidance, variable rate control, robotics systems, precision agriculture, smart agro-machine energy, as well as environmental and economic assessment analyses. You are also encouraged to provide your insights on sustainable crop production technologies, soil protection, the use of different fuel-saving agricultural machinery processes, precision farming, and harvesting in a variety of organic and conventional farming systems.
Prof. Dr. Eglė Jotautienė
Prof. Dr. Antanas Juostas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- telemetry
- remote control
- automatic management
- steering guidance
- variable rate control
- robotics systems
- precision agriculture
- smart agro-machines
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