Mechanization and Intelligent Agricultural Devices towards the Future of Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2816
Special Issue Editors
Interests: intelligent agricultural equipment, measurement and control technology; agricultural aviation and UAV application technology; big data in the agricultural sector
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Interests: agricultural aviation and UAV application technology; smart detection and sensing
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Interests: intelligent agricultural equipment; agricultural aviation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mechanization and intelligent devices play an essential role in sustainable agriculture. They form the material basis for changing production mode, improving production efficiency, and enhancing comprehensive productivity, which are fundamental requirements of the agricultural future. At present, mechanical and smart equipment has been applied to various production scenarios including fields, forests, orchards, facility agriculture, aquaculture, and husbandry. Its successful progress depends on the continuous upgrading of intelligent technology. However, practical issues must be dealt with during development, such as the lack of key components, inadequate operational accuracy, and insufficient depth of integration with state-of-the-art technologies. Therefore, it will be an important development direction for sustainable agriculture to accelerate the formation of intelligent equipment and technology suitable for various production scenarios in the future.
This Special Issue focuses on all kinds of advanced, intelligent equipment and platforms required for sustainable agriculture as well as their matching technologies and methods—involved in ground devices, aviation equipment, big-data platforms, and food traceability systems for fields, forests, and orchards—as well as robots, intelligent management systems, and smart detection methods required in the process of . In terms of technology, we will mainly accept articles oriented to all production links of agriculture with eco-friendliness as technical elements. Meanwhile, the contribution to agricultural sustainability should be highlighted.
Studies which essentially bring advancement or are at the frontier of these topics are acceptable. You are welcome to propose comprehensive solutions to the described problems and present significant or revolutionary progress in partial aspects of these areas.
Prof. Dr. Yongjun Zheng
Dr. Shenghui Yang
Dr. Hang Zhu
Dr. Wenbin Tian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- mechanization
- agricultural equipment
- key agricultural components and implementation
- agricultural robot
- smart detection
- smart sensing
- decision making and control
- autonomous navigation, localization, and automation
- multiagent operation
- unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone
- agricultural IoT (internet of things)
- big data
- smart agricultural management system
- sustainable mechanization policy and management
- smart breeding and husbandry
- intelligent aquaculture
- intelligent facilities
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