Precisions of Tractor Operations with Soil Sensor Implementusing Manual and Autopilot-automated Steering Systems on Oil Palm Replanting Area in Malaysia

Azmi, Mohammad Anas and Pebrian, Darius El (2019) Precisions of Tractor Operations with Soil Sensor Implementusing Manual and Autopilot-automated Steering Systems on Oil Palm Replanting Area in Malaysia. In: CONFERENCE PROCEEDING 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURITY IN FOOD, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, AND NATURAL MEDICINES 2019 (SFRN 2019). pusat penelitian dan pengabdian pada masyarakat Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Kupang. ISBN 9786025126284

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Abstract

Autopilot-automated steering system is one of the pillars in the precision agriculture technologies that have been implemented in today’s modern driving system of tractor for conducting the operations in farmland. This study evaluated precisions of tractor operations withsoil sensor implement using manual and autopilot-automated steering systems on oil palm replanting area in Malaysia. A New Holland TD5.75 tractor with 75 hp engine size equipped with a Trimble autopilot-automated steering system pulling a Veris 3100 soil electrical conductivity sensor was used in this study. The findings showed that each steering system generated a slightly different pattern of spatial variability in interpolated soil EC maps. Besides, autopilot-automated steering system offered better performances by saving human energy expenditure of operator and improving the field capacity of operation. The error in positioning straight-line accuracy of autopilot-automated steering system wasin theacceptable range.Conclusively, tractor with autopilot-automated automated steering presented a great potential for the use in agricultural operations in Malaysia.

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