However, new functionalities may be required to provide more effective farm work. In fact, passive towed implements, attached at one hitch point on a drawbar at the rear of the tractor, perform the agricultural task in the field, but several effects as ground conditions, curves and slopes may force them to shift away from the tractor's path, leading to unsatisfactory implement position and inac...

Tractors are the workhorses of the modern farm. By automating these machines, we can increase the productivity, improve safety, and reduce costs for many agricultural operations. Many researchers have tested computer-controlled machines for farming, but few have investigated the larger issues such as how humans can supervise machines and work amongst them. In this paper, we present a system for...

The meaning and characteristics of the virtual experiment and the significance of applying virtual prototype into agricultural equipment were analyzed in this paper. Then a kind of virtual experiments system platform on agricultural equipments was founded by using MultiGen Creator, Vega Prime software and VC++ programming language. According to the functions of the virtual experiment system, th...

Matching agricultural tractors to implements towed by the drawbar is one of the important aspects of machinery management for ensuring optimum performance and fuel cost savings. A field deployable tractor draft force measurement and data acquisition system was developed and evaluated as part of this research project. A drawbar instrumented to measure draft force in field operating conditions wa...

Controller Area Network (CAN) bus is used on current agricultural equipment for in-vehicle communication among multiple microcontrollers. In this study, CAN data was collected from the tractor diagnostic port during three field operations: anhydrous ammonia (NH3) application, field cultivation, and planting. Specifically, CAN messages corresponding to engine fuel use rate were filtered, decoded...

Numerous advancements in machinery performance on row-crop agricultural tractors have been made in recent years. Currently, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) only tests predetermined points (E.g., max. power, max. torque) for drawbar and hydraulic power. This method of testing has been used for many years with the tractor at a steady state which is usually not ty...