Journal of Drive and Control (드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤)

The Korean Society for Fluid Power and Construction Equipment (유공압건설기계학회)
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Development and performance analysis of a crawler-based driving platform for upland farming

밭 농업용 무한궤도 기반 주행 플랫폼 개발 및 성능 분석

  • Taek Jin Kim (Department of Drive System Team, TYM R&D Center) ;
  • Hyeon Ho Jeon (Department of Smart Agriculture Systems, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Md Abu Ayub Siddique (Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jang Young Choi (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Yong Joo Kim (Department of Smart Agriculture Systems, Chungnam National University)
  • 김택진 ;
  • 전현호 ;
  • 아윱 ;
  • 최장영 ;
  • 김용주
  • Received : 2023.11.09
  • Accepted : 2023.11.28
  • Published : 2023.12.01
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Abstract

We developed a crawler-based driving platform that can perform harvesting, transportation, pest control, and rotary operation by equipping it with various implements, and analyzed its performance. This single platform was developed to perform as pepper harvester, peanut harvester, and transporter with a 46-kW engine. A simulation model was developed to study the specifications of the platform, and the accuracy was also analyzed. The absolute percentage error ranged from 0.2 to 5.9%, which made it possible to predict the platform performance using simulation model. In T-test, both torque and speed on field and asphalt showed a significant difference (1%). Driving torque required differed depending on the nature of the field, and the speeds also changed based on soil load. The developed platform has the advantage of being equipped with a variety of working tools, expected to be used to harvest root crops in the future.

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본 성과물은 농촌진흥청 연구사업(세부과제번호: PJ0156952023)의 지원에 의해 이루어진 것임.

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