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By Daniel Zacher, engineer, general director of Tryber Tecnologia and chairperson of the 10th SAE BRASIL Symposium on Agricultural Machinery
The technological evolution of the agricultural market over the past few years has been great, especially in the areas of electrification, connectivity and remote communication. One of the main trends in the sector is the advancement of electric motors in the various systems for driving machines and implements, replacing mechanical or electro-hydraulic ones.
The focus of electrification is to increase the precision and flexibility of the systems, as well as to enable new functionalities, which are not possible to achieve with traditional systems, such as making quicker adjustments according to environmental variables, receiving error alerts and monitoring operations telemetry, among several other resources.
Another trend is the advance of fully connected machines. An example of this is a sugarcane transhipment truck or tractor, which accompanies a cane harvester on autopilot. In addition to operating at a speed and position suitable for unloading, the vehicle does not travel over the roots, which are left in and out of the ground, avoiding impacts on the productivity of the next cycle.
At the heart of every business, connectivity provides great benefits for a farm. With new technologies that provide real-time access to fleet information operating in the field, rural producers can make more assertive decisions, such as identifying the ideal time to start a harvest or sowing, for example.
Currently, the farmer wants to connect all the productive means of a farm, with a focus on more accurate business management, which makes it possible to increase productivity and expand the reliability of the fleet. During the harvest season, avoiding unscheduled stops means preventing major losses to agribusiness.
One of the main challenges for the full use of these and other technologies is to improve the infrastructure in Brazil, especially in telecommunications extended to the field. Nowadays, the infrastructure already represents an obstacle to the use of embedded technologies available in machines, innovations that could bring fantastic results to the economy.
The focus of electrification is to increase the precision and flexibility of the systems, as well as to enable new functionalities, which are not possible to achieve with traditional systems, such as making quicker adjustments according to environmental variables, receiving error alerts and monitoring operations telemetry, among several other resources.
Another trend is the advance of fully connected machines. An example of this is a sugarcane transhipment truck or tractor, which accompanies a cane harvester on autopilot. In addition to operating at a speed and position suitable for unloading, the vehicle does not travel over the roots, which are left in and out of the ground, avoiding impacts on the productivity of the next cycle.
At the heart of every business, connectivity provides great benefits for a farm. With new technologies that provide real-time access to fleet information operating in the field, rural producers can make more assertive decisions, such as identifying the ideal time to start a harvest or sowing, for example.
Currently, the farmer wants to connect all the productive means of a farm, with a focus on more accurate business management, which makes it possible to increase productivity and expand the reliability of the fleet. During the harvest season, avoiding unscheduled stops means preventing major losses to agribusiness.
One of the main challenges for the full use of these and other technologies is to improve the infrastructure in Brazil, especially in telecommunications extended to the field. Nowadays, the infrastructure already represents an obstacle to the use of embedded technologies available in machines, innovations that could bring fantastic results to the economy.
Today, agribusiness is the flagship of the Brazilian economy, since it ensures a good share of GDP. Therefore, it is essential to seek routes for the full use of this great Brazilian asset, the agricultural machinery industry, which projects Brazil not only as an important machinery park, but also as a developer of machinery for tropical agriculture.
Disclaimer: The opinion presented in this article is the responsibility of its author and not of ABES - Brazilian Association of Software Companies.
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