Agricultural Machinery and Processing
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2017) | Viewed by 752
Special Issue Editor
Interests: remote sensing; multiscale fusion robotic agriculture; sensor networks; robotics; development of cognitive abilities; fusion of global and local cognition
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Dear Colleagues,
Farming is facing many challenges in terms of productivity and cost-effectiveness. The introduction of intelligent agricultural machines to agricultural operations will allow for increased efficiency and reduced environmental impact. There are partially and fully automatic devices for most aspects of agricultural functions, from seeding and planting, from spraying to harvesting and livestock management. Precision farming using sensors and robotics technologies applied to existing systems can lead to higher resource-efficiency and environment-friendly agricultural production. Precision farming machinery aims to optimize growth and harvesting processes resulting in yield increase, but could also lead to lower inputs on one hand and improved soil quality on the other. Robots and smart automation can also gather operational data such as condition monitoring and fleet condition allowing preventive maintenance and improved fleet management.
This Special Issue will focus on agricultural machinery and processing for precision farming, such as selective harvesting, more targeted weed and pest reduction or precise variable rate fertilization, and/or livestock management, based on better planning and precise targeted interventions, using sensors (local and aerial), condition monitoring and collective planning for agricultural machines.
Prof. Dimitrios Moshou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Agricultural automation
- Precision farming machinery
- Sensors
- Condition monitoring
- Fleet management
- Robotic agriculture
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