Automation Prospects in Rice Growing

Abstract

This article considers the solution for the automation problem in rice growing. Currently, every seventh resident of the earth is involved in rice growing and processing, and all countries experience insufficiency of labor resources for this work. To solve this problem, the authors suggest using an automated agricultural self-propelled platform (AASPP) that will help completely automate rice growing and solve environmental, economic, social, and infrastructural problems of rural residents. Besides, it can help eliminate many of the technical problems of rice growing, such as the horizontal leveling off the field, corrosion of agricultural machines, complying with agrotechnical standards when planting, and the correlations between the terms of agrotechnological works using machines and mechanisms and soil humidity and other natural conditions. Solving the problem of rice growing automation will help satisfy the needs of this agricultural sector in labor and free 30-50% of people involved in rice growing to be employed in other economic sectors.