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油菜定点补种补肥无人作业最优路径规划方法与试验

Optimal path planning method and experiment for unmanned rapeseed sowing with position-specific seed-fertilizer resupply

  • 摘要: 针对长江中下游地区油菜无人播种作业路径规划田间掉头时间长、未考虑掉头油耗和作业中途的补种补肥而导致作业经济性差的现实问题,该研究提出了一种作业途中自主定点补种补肥的最优路径规划方法(optimal path considering mid-operation resupply, OPCMR)。首先以农机的掉头时间和掉头油耗为约束构建掉头代价模型,然后针对传统蚁群算法(ant colony optimization, ACO)收敛速度较慢且易陷入局部最优解的问题,在蚁群算法每次迭代求解后引入模拟退火算法(simulated annealing, SA)机制并动态调整算法启发因子得到改进型蚁群算法(improved ant colony optimization, IACO),最后根据油菜播种施肥一体机的种肥箱容积和田间作业的播施量等关键参数设计无人作业系统自主种肥补给路径规划方法。Matlab仿真试验表明,IACO算法相较于ACO算法的迭代次数最多减少了56.9%,最小掉头代价值最多减小了2.82%。田间无人作业系统补给试验表明,农机停泊点与种肥补给位置的平均距离不大于0.5 m,农机切入下一个作业行的初始平均偏差不大于0.03 m。作业效果对比试验表明,相较于传统梳式作业路径,无人作业系统基于OPCMR路径进行作业后掉头时间缩短了17.5%,掉头油耗降低了9.8%,人力资源投入量减少了94.7%。研究结果可为构建油菜无人化农场提供技术支撑。

     

    Abstract: Planned operation paths can often result in the relatively low field turning efficiency of the machinery, particularly in the current path planning for unmanned oilseed rape sowing with intelligent agricultural machinery. Furthermore, the path planning cannot consider the fuel consumption during turning and the mid-operation replenishment of seed and fertilizer boxes, leading to low overall operation economy. In this study, an optimal path was proposed to consider the mid-operation resupply (OPCMR). Firstly, the fish-tail and U-shaped turning models were often adopted to alter the rows in rectangular fields. Different specifications were further classified according to the number of rows between operations. The fuel consumption curves of the machinery were measured under different states during turning. Secondly, the two turning models were constructed using the maximum turning radius and working width of the machinery. A turning cost function was also established with the turning time and fuel consumption of the machinery. The turning models were taken as the constraints. The slow convergence and easy trapping were confined to the local optimal solutions of the conventional ant colony algorithm (ant colony optimization, ACO). The conventional ACO algorithm was integrated with the simulated annealing algorithm and the heuristic factor of the ACO algorithm. An improved ant colony algorithm was obtained (improved ant colony optimization, IACO). Thirdly, the optimal operation path was generated with the least turning time and fuel consumption using the turning cost function and the IACO algorithm. The function was added to manually arrange the field entrance in the path planning, thus considering the uncertainty of the field entrance position. The first operation of the planned path started from the position closest to the field entrance. Finally, an autonomous seed and fertilizer replenishment control system was proposed for intelligent agricultural machinery. The key parameters were determined, such as the capacity of the seed and the fertilizer box of the combined seeding and fertilizing machine, as well as the per mu sowing and fertilizing amount in the field operation. Furthermore, the specific path interruption points were generated on the optimal operation path. These points were connected with the pre-set seed. The fertilizer replenishment stations were generated with the specific seed and fertilizer replenishment paths. Once the seed and fertilizer of the machinery were insufficient, the seed and fertilizer replenishment station was shifted along the path for replenishment, and then returned along this path to continue the operation. The results show that the IACO algorithm reduced the number of iterations by up to 56.9%, compared with the ACO algorithm. The minimum turning cost value was reduced by up to 2.82%, effectively avoiding the slow convergence and easy trapping in local optimal solutions of the ACO algorithm. The seed and fertilizer replenishment path tracking experiments show that the average distance between the machinery parking point and the seed and fertilizer replenishment station was no more than 0.5 m, and the average initial deviation was no more than 0.03 m when the machinery entered the next operation row. The seed and fertilizer replenishment control effectively realized the seed and fertilizer replenishment task without interrupting the operation of the next row. Compared with the conventional comb-shaped operation path, better performance was achieved in the unmanned agricultural machinery along the OPCMR path, with a 17.5% increase in the turning efficiency, a 9.8% reduction in turning fuel consumption, and a 94.7% reduction in human resource input after operation. The path planning effectively improved the operation efficiency to reduce the resource input. This finding can provide the technical support to construct the unmanned oilseed rape farms.

     

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