A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China
Smart agricultural machinery is built upon traditional agricultural equipment, further integrating modern information technologies to achieve automation, precision, and intelligence in agricultural production. Currently, significant progress has been made in the autonomous operation and monitoring t...
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| author | Weizhen Li Jingqiu Gu Jingli Liu Bo Cheng Huaji Zhu Yisheng Miao Wang Guo Guolong Jiang Huarui Wu Weitang Song |
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| description | Smart agricultural machinery is built upon traditional agricultural equipment, further integrating modern information technologies to achieve automation, precision, and intelligence in agricultural production. Currently, significant progress has been made in the autonomous operation and monitoring technologies of smart agricultural machinery in China. However, challenges remain, including poor adaptability to complex environments, high equipment costs, and issues with system implementation and standardization integration. To help industry professionals quickly understand the current state and promote the rapid development of smart agricultural machinery, this paper provides an overview of the key technologies related to autonomous operation and monitoring in China’s smart agricultural equipment. These technologies include environmental perception, positioning and navigation, autonomous operation and path planning, agricultural machinery status monitoring and fault diagnosis, and field operation monitoring. Each of these key technologies is discussed in depth with examples and analyses. On this basis, the paper analyzes the main challenges faced by the development of autonomous operation and monitoring technologies in China’s smart agricultural machinery sector. Furthermore, it explores the future directions for the development of autonomous operation and monitoring technologies in smart agricultural machinery. This research is of great importance for promoting the transition of China’s agricultural production towards automation and intelligence, improving agricultural production efficiency, and reducing reliance on human labor. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e458d2fe609843ea964ffa42bbc00bf42025-08-20T02:11:08ZengMDPI AGAgriEngineering2624-74022025-03-01737110.3390/agriengineering7030071A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in ChinaWeizhen Li0Jingqiu Gu1Jingli Liu2Bo Cheng3Huaji Zhu4Yisheng Miao5Wang Guo6Guolong Jiang7Huarui Wu8Weitang Song9National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaCollege of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, ChinaCollege of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, ChinaSmart agricultural machinery is built upon traditional agricultural equipment, further integrating modern information technologies to achieve automation, precision, and intelligence in agricultural production. Currently, significant progress has been made in the autonomous operation and monitoring technologies of smart agricultural machinery in China. However, challenges remain, including poor adaptability to complex environments, high equipment costs, and issues with system implementation and standardization integration. To help industry professionals quickly understand the current state and promote the rapid development of smart agricultural machinery, this paper provides an overview of the key technologies related to autonomous operation and monitoring in China’s smart agricultural equipment. These technologies include environmental perception, positioning and navigation, autonomous operation and path planning, agricultural machinery status monitoring and fault diagnosis, and field operation monitoring. Each of these key technologies is discussed in depth with examples and analyses. On this basis, the paper analyzes the main challenges faced by the development of autonomous operation and monitoring technologies in China’s smart agricultural machinery sector. Furthermore, it explores the future directions for the development of autonomous operation and monitoring technologies in smart agricultural machinery. This research is of great importance for promoting the transition of China’s agricultural production towards automation and intelligence, improving agricultural production efficiency, and reducing reliance on human labor.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-7402/7/3/71intelligent agricultural machineryautonomous operationmonitoringsensors |
| spellingShingle | Weizhen Li Jingqiu Gu Jingli Liu Bo Cheng Huaji Zhu Yisheng Miao Wang Guo Guolong Jiang Huarui Wu Weitang Song A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China AgriEngineering intelligent agricultural machinery autonomous operation monitoring sensors |
| title | A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China |
| title_full | A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China |
| title_short | A Review of Key Technological Developments in Autonomous Unmanned Operation Systems for Agriculture in China |
| title_sort | review of key technological developments in autonomous unmanned operation systems for agriculture in china |
| topic | intelligent agricultural machinery autonomous operation monitoring sensors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-7402/7/3/71 |
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