Research Progress of Agricultural Machinery Testing
A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Mechanization and Machinery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1042
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tractor, machinery and tire performance and tests; soil compaction researches; agriculture of future; controlled machinery traffic
Interests: agricultural machinery design; robotics in agriculture; agricultural machinery tests
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The first tests of agricultural machines were carried out by official institutions accredited by the US government in 1919. These tests have been instrumental in the modernization of agriculture, aiming for greater efficiency, comfort, durability, and safety of agricultural machines.
Other benefits of testing include enabling greater versatility and better quality of operations through the introduction of new technologies. These technologies make rural work more attractive by increasing machine performance, resulting in greater productivity on farms compared to manual labor.
With greater emphasis on sustainability, it is essential to have agricultural machines that meet the requirements of official institutions. One of the main concerns is the energy efficiency of these machines, as well as the economy of human resources and inputs. In this context, the testing of agricultural machines is essential to obtain information and data that can be translated into practical knowledge to optimize energy consumption, inputs, and human resources.
Therefore, this Special Issue of AgriEngineering aims to present the state of the art in this area of knowledge related to testing agricultural machinery. It includes updated bibliographical reviews adhering to the theme, as well as scientific articles presenting innovative results.
Dr. Kléber Pereira Lanças
Prof. Dr. Daniel Albiero
Prof. Dr. Alberto Kazushi Nagaoka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tractor, machinery and tire tests
- energy efficiency
- field capacity
- ergonomy
- machinery and field efficiency
- fuel and energy consumption
- operational field quality
- robotics
- GPS
- farming 4.0
- farm of future
