Applied Engineering in Agriculture · 1997 · 51 citations · 0 references
EngineeringAgricultural EngineeringComputer ScienceAgricultural AutomationAgricultural RoboticsComputer VisionAgricultural Machine VisionAgricultural MachineryAutomation In Controlled AgricultureAutonomous TractorsFarm MachineryMachine Vision For RoboticsAdaptive Cruise ControlAutomation In Agricultural MachineryCrop Row FollowingCruise ControlOperatorsTractor Guidance SystemsTractor TechnologyVision-based Guidance
A row-crop-following system based on computer vision was installed in a J.I. Case-IH 7110 tractor. Fail-safeadaptation of the tractors steering hydraulics is described. The operator engaged or disengaged the self-steering modemuch like cruise control in an automobile. A small field of young corn was mechanically cultivated in the automaticsteering mode at 6.4 km/h (4 mile/h). The automatic-steering systems performance was comparable with steering byhuman operators.