The Smart Tractor as a Driver of Financial Performance in Modern Agriculture

Cristina Gabriela Vasciuc (Săndulescu)¹, Lavinia Udrea¹, Dumitru Săndulescu², Partal Elena³

¹Valahia University of Târgoviște
²Technological College Viaceslav Harnaj, Bucharest
³National Agricultural Research and Development Institute Fundulea

Keywords: tractor, digital technologies, innovation.

Abstract: The greater complexity of production systems that characterize the agroecological transition requires the use of multiple skills, with training needs for advisors that are not always met. The aim is to support risk-taking, especially for the most mature companies, and risk-sharing between investors and innovative actors.
Leading consortia bring together public and private stakeholders, innovative companies and actors in the agricultural sector. Some benefit from public funding for their coordination. Access to experimentation for innovative companies to test innovations in real conditions is insufficient, with an overcrowded and poorly coordinated infrastructure.
Farmers have already adopted technologies such as the internet, geographic information systems, wireless sensor networks, radio frequency identification, Bluetooth, near field communication, long-term evolution, robotics, automation, programming and recently introduced smart technologies. Farmers who invest in digital technologies seem to improve the economic, environmental and social performance of their farms. In this study, we analyzed digital technologies in agriculture in developed countries. This type of innovation is now generally found more in the agri-food industry sector. Then, the second type of innovation concerns organization. In the agricultural sector, innovation in the organization of the sector was gradually created with the development of upstream and downstream sectors, structuring a division of tasks within the sector. Finally, the third and last type of innovation is that of processes.
This study was conducted to design, calibrate, integrate and validate a compact general-purpose system for the precise measurement of tractor performance parameters by using a new interface technology, HMI.