Method and Experiment for Quantifying Local Features of Hard Bottom Contours When Driving Intelligent Farm Machinery in Paddy Fields

Tuanpeng Tu; Lian Hu; Xiwen Luo; Jie He; Pei Wang; Li Tian; Gaolong Chen; Zhongxian Man; Dawen Feng; Weirui Cen; Mingjin Li; Yuxuan Liu; Kang Hou; Le Zi; Mengdong Yue; Yuqin Li

doi:10.3390/agronomy13071949

Agronomy (Jul 2023)

Method and Experiment for Quantifying Local Features of Hard Bottom Contours When Driving Intelligent Farm Machinery in Paddy Fields

Tuanpeng Tu,
Lian Hu,
Xiwen Luo,
Jie He,
Pei Wang,
Li Tian,
Gaolong Chen,
Zhongxian Man,
Dawen Feng,
Weirui Cen,
Mingjin Li,
Yuxuan Liu,
Kang Hou,
Le Zi,
Mengdong Yue,
Yuqin Li

Affiliations

Tuanpeng Tu: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Lian Hu: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Xiwen Luo: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Jie He: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Pei Wang: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Li Tian: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Gaolong Chen: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Zhongxian Man: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Dawen Feng: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Weirui Cen: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Mingjin Li: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Yuxuan Liu: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Kang Hou: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Le Zi: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Mengdong Yue: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Yuqin Li: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of China for Key Technologies for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment for Southern China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071949
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 7
p. 1949

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The hard bottom layer of a paddy field has a great influence on the driving stability and the operation quality and efficiency of intelligent farm machinery. For paddy field machinery, continuous improvements in the accuracy and operation efficiency of unmanned precision operations are needed to realize unmanned rice farming. In the context of unmanned farm machinery operation, the complicated hard bottom layer situation makes it difficult to quantify the local characteristics of paddy fields. In this paper, an unmanned direct rice seeding machine chassis is used to maneuver the operation field and collect the hard bottom layer information simultaneously. This information is used to design a data processing method that automatically calibrates the sensor installation error and performs abnormal value rejection and 3D sample curve denoising of the contour trajectory. A hard bottom layer surface profile evaluation method based on the local sliding surface roughness is also proposed. The local characteristics of the hard bottom layer were quantified, and the results from the test plots showed that the mean value of the local roughness was 0.0065, where 68.27% of the plots were distributed in the variation range of 0.0042~0.0087 and 99.73% were distributed in the variation range of 0~0.0133. Using the test field data, the surface roughness features were verified to describe the variability in representative working conditions, such as the transport, downfield, operation, and trapping of unmanned intelligent farm machinery. When driving intelligent farm machinery, the proposed method for quantifying local features of the hard bottom layer can provide feedback on the local environmental features at any given position of the machinery. The method also provides a reference for the design optimization of unmanned systems, which can help to realize speed adaption and improve the local path tracking control accuracy of smart farming machines.

Published in Agronomy

ISSN: 2073-4395 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Agriculture
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy

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