Unmanned mobile vehicle for monitoring agricultural and forest land

Abstract

Deterioration of the fertile condition of bioactive soils, agricultural and forest lands, as well as coastal zones of reservoirs from the intensive agricultural, industrial, transport and resource-producing activities of mankind increases exponentially with each passing year. More than 30% of the reclaimed lands are in unsatisfactory condition. More than 18 million hectares of territory around industrial enterprises have a high degree of pollution, including heavy metals and toxic substances. The global area of the economic zone, intensively mastered by man, is 36% of the area of the water area of the World Ocean. Continuous monitoring is required to control the level of pollution and take measures to eliminate them. There is both a remote and a land (stationary and mobile) way of monitoring the environment. To automate the ground monitoring process, it is proposed to use unmanned vehicles equipped with a special instrument cluster. The article considers both foreign experience in the use of robotic complexes in the field of agriculture and forestry, as well as the domestic development of a mobile robotic complex, whose chassis can be used to monitor the condition of soils, forest lands and water bodies. The place and types of conducted chassis tests are described, the main technical characteristics are given. Presented equipment used for autonomous movement of the complex. The results of studies of the relief and physico-mechanical properties of the track are given, which make it possible to increase the mobility of the robotic complex. Based on the results of the tests, relevant conclusions were drawn on the possibility of using the developed robotic complex for environmental monitoring, works in the field of agriculture and forestry, further goals for its improvement and improvement were set.