Robotic Platform for Autonomous Application of Pesticide

Maksim Igorevich Kurylovich; Vladimir Vitalyevich Azarenko; Valeria Pavlovna Selivanova; Dmitry Ivanovich Komlach; Uladzislau Anatolievich Sychou; Tatyana Yuryevna Kim; Victor Vladimirovich Goldyban

Maksim Igorevich Kurylovich RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization" https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3422-3071
Vladimir Vitalyevich Azarenko National Academy of Sciences of Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2122-3281
Valeria Pavlovna Selivanova RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization" https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4756-358X
Dmitry Ivanovich Komlach RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization" http://orcid.org/0009-0009-2099-8975
Uladzislau Anatolievich Sychou United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-8965
Tatyana Yuryevna Kim United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4126-6572
Victor Vladimirovich Goldyban RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Agricultural Mechanization" https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-926X

Keywords: robotic platform, crop protection agents, precision agriculture, pesticides, automation

Abstract

This article presents statistical data, which indicate the problem of labor shortage in agricultural organizations of the Republic of Belarus. The problem of detrimental impact of pesticides on operators directly working with chemical crop protection agents is considered. The authors propose a strategy for the introduction of robotic platforms for pesticide application in autonomous mode, which helps to solve both these problems. The impact of the introduction of precision farming technologies on attracting young specialists to work in the agro-industrial complex has been studied. The use of robotic equipment for application of chemical plant protection agents in autonomous mode will allow to exclude or minimize the contact of agro-industrial complex worker with harmful compounds. The article summarizes the results of the development of a prototype of a robotic platform for the application of pesticides in autonomous mode. The technical characteristics of the prototype of the robotic platform are presented. The results of investigation of the influence of technical parameters of the mobile robotic system on its operational characteristics are presented. The structural scheme of the control system of the robotic platform is developed.