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Summary For broad usage of the system, parameter adjustments need to be replaced by a more systematic method. The second part of the work deals with the development of a virtual prototype of a system for intra-row weeding, emulating the manual hoeing motions under the soil surface. The hoeing tool consists of an arm holder and three or more integrated arms rotating around the horizontal axis above the crop row. The hoeing tool is attached to the motor shaft and the working height of the whole assembly is adjustable in order to provide optimal hoeing depth, which should be between 20 and 30 mm. There is a possibility to change the arms’ length and their angular position in relation to the surface perpendicular to the rotation axis in which the arm holder is placed. Depending on the duckfoot knives’ shape and size the necessary number of cuts between two plants could be set, controlling the rotational speed of the hoe. The virtual prototype of the hoe was designed in Pro/engineer®. Kinematical behaviour of the developed prototype in different hoeing strategies was simulated and tested. The hoeing trajectories of the design variants consisting of 3, 4 or 9 arms were simulated in hoeing strategies with 2 and 3 cuts between every two plants. The optimal length of the arms was estimated and the hoeing depth/width ratio was discussed according to the roughness of the soil surface. The influence of the arms’ angular adjustment to the hoeing trajectories was examined for different arm lengths and selection of the appropriate design variant according to the hoeing strategy was discussed. The aim of the comprehensive analysis of the weeding tool’s kinematical behaviour was to verify that the newly designed hoeing system can be adapted to different intra- row distances and growth stages of the crop plants. Most of the kinematical problems were discovered and worked out in the virtual prototyping process, providing easier development of the physical prototype with very few errors. Finally, one of the major benefits of virtual prototyping was reduction of the costs and time needed for development of the physical prototype. 122
Summary The third part of the work was development and testing of the physical prototype realised using a servo motor in laboratory conditions. The servo motor was sized according to the experimental measurement of the torque in field conditions. The motor was selected in combination with transmission gear to cover the full range of speeds and torques which were expected in laboratory experiments. The experimental research was done in a soil box with different soil types. Forward-backward moving, vertical and horizontal positioning of the hoeing tool above the soil box was realised through a carrier with a separate electro motor. The servo system was operated in a mode with direct software control providing rotational speed adjustment according to the forward speed of the carrier, intra- row distance between successive crop plants and the observed angular position of the arms. The controlling algorithm and software solution were developed in the Labview® environment. The main task of the controlling software was permanent calculation, checking and change of the recent rotational speed of the hoeing tool in real time. The software solution used an expanded version of the software previously developed for detection of the plants’ centre position. For well-timed execution of different subfunctions of the software in the time schedule, the optimal distance between the plant detection unit and the plane in which the hoeing tool is positioned was discussed and a methodology for its calculation was proposed. The speed controlling algorithm was thoroughly explained. Finally, the controlling algorithm, stability and robustness of the prototype were comprehensively evaluated by experimental testing. Tests were done with continuous and changeable forward speed on the crops rows with 200 mm and 400 mm intra-row distances. Tests have proved that depending on the angular adjustment of the duckfoot knives an uncultivated area big enough to avoid damaging of the plants can be left around the plants during the intra-row weeding with the developed system. The system is able to autonomously adapt the rotational speed of the hoeing tool in case of non-intensive forward speed change. After intensive forward speed change, depending on the intensity level, several plants could be 123
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