R.A. Afanasiev
Doctor of Agricultural Science, State Research Institute for Agrochemistry, Chief Research Scientist, 31a, ul. Pryanishnikova, Moscow, 127550, Russia, tel.: +7(499)976-37-50, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
I.L. Ermolov
Doctor of Technical Science, Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of RAS (RAS IP-Mech), Professor, Senior Research Scientist, Academic Secretary of Robotics and Mechatronics Research Council of RAS, 101-1, pr. Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119526, Russia, tel.: +7(495)433-77-66, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
The paper search into the matter of prospects of robot application in the agricultural sector, with regard to precision agriculture technology in particular. Special attention is paid to the technology of robotized fertilization in accordance with actual level of soil fertility, varying on different field parts. Various components of given technology are presented. The results, obtained in domestic agriculture, are reviewed in the end of the paper. Information on given technology efficiency in Russia is provided.
This study is supported by Russian Academy of Science within the frame of RAS Presidium Programme no.I.31 «Robotics Topical Issues».
Key words
Robotization, agricultural industry, precision agriculture.
Year 2017 Issue number 1 Consecutive issue number 14 Pages 27-32
UDC identifier: 631.5:007.52
