Farmers in Rostov region started using robotic technology of harvesting based on artificial intelligence. A system for Autonomous control of agricultural machinery, which is already working in the fields of the South, has developed a savings Bank and its subsidiary, the Cognitive Pilot. Without the participation of Megastore the system manages “smart” combine harvester, tractor, sprayer. As reported by the developers, the use of unmanned technologies will help 3-5% to reduce the cost of grain to halve its losses at harvest.
In the square fields of the order of 350 thousand hectares of a fleet of 500 smart harvesters through the use of unmanned technology Cognitive Agro Pilot may save about 450 million rubles for the season. This money, farmers can invest in the development of business or to cut prices on their products.
According to the head of Sberbank German Gref involved in the harvest of people will now be able to focus on the quality control of the collected raw materials. “This technology translates combiner in the category of operator of the automated system. It is very simple, I personally tested it driving the processor, changed settings, everything worked flawlessly. Next year we want to achieve full automation of the process. This system gives significant savings and greatly increases the comfort of working conditions”, – he noted.
it is Noted that the Agro system Cognitive Pilot can work in difficult weather conditions and in any light. The robot “sees” and “understands” the situation in the course of movement. Smart harvester does not just move to the specified point, and may circumvent unexpected obstacles, including people, animals, metal objects and stones, and also work in areas with weak satellite signal.
the Complex Cognitive Agro Pilot includes the block of automatic control of machinery, a camera, a display, a set of jumper cables and other elements of the management system.
the Incoming image, the system analyzes the video camera and modified for agronomic tasks of the neural network. Specifically for farmers artificial intelligence has learned to detect and track the position of the edge of the mown crop, rolls, rows of crops (corn, sunflower), to detect the area of the end of the field, obstacles, equipment and people. In addition, the system can easily be reset from one technology to another.
System Cognitive Agro Pilot is already being tested in five countries, including the USA, China and Brazil, said the General Director of the Cognitive Pilot Olga Uskova. “But we’ve started in Russia and give it priority. Our main task is to ensure the safe operation of unmanned vehicles in all weather conditions in agricultural enterprises and increase income agrokhozEIST by reducing costs in harvesting crops,” she added. In Russia, “smart” combines began to be used in Belgorod, Tomsk, Kurgan areas, Republic Tatarstan and others. Now technology has reached the fertile South of the country.
“the Rostov region makes a significant contribution to the food security of the country, we have a big problem in the export of agricultural products, – said the Governor of Rostov region Vasily Golubev, And of course, we welcome those technologies which will facilitate hard and the hard work of our farmers. If using the available innovative technologies of agricultural equipment can be made more effective and result in timely harvested yield and quality will always please”.
