Unmanned driving technology has caused controversy. Is unmanned agricultural machinery reliable?

The popularization of a technology and the opportunity of a commodity are sometimes the intention of the merchants. This is a victory for man and nature. On the other hand, it may also be forced by the situation. Unmanned operations of agricultural machinery are now being carried out. at the critical point of demand.

1. No one is available for agricultural production, and it is imperative to develop unmanned agricultural machinery

An average of 10 million people move from rural to urban areas every year, and there will still be more in the next ten years. 40-50 million people will transition to cities, leaving only 67 million agricultural workers.

Apart from these data, as long as you go to a slightly remote village, you will know that there is basically no prime-age labor force in the countryside. During my recent research in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places, the author found that now there is no one to farm a large number of people. Fertile farmland was abandoned.

To turn barren land into fertile farmland, for the sake of food security, agricultural equipment must be strengthened. If no one is available, agricultural machinery that does not require human driving must be used. This is an inevitable choice of history.

2. The cost of labor is too high and we need to use machines to replace people.

Some people say that if there are no people in the countryside, we should use high wages to retain people and use heavy money to poach people from the cities. This is theoretically feasible. , but considering the national conditions, it is inevitably uneconomical and cost-effective to introduce talents from cities, so we can only find alternative resources-either introducing cheap labor from abroad, or developing agricultural machinery that does not require people at all. I believe the latter is technically more advantageous Easy to implement.

3. It is becoming more and more advanced and complex, and existing people cannot operate it

In Europe and the United States, most farmers are graduate students and Ph.D.s, but the average educational level of China’s rural labor force is It is definitely lower than that of junior high school, and the technical content of agricultural machinery is getting higher and higher. There is a strong contrast between machines and capabilities. It is unrealistic to expect the labor force to reach the level of European farmers in the short term and let them operate millions of pieces of equipment with ease. But if there is a kind of machine, after the manufacturer debugs it, the user can operate it by just pressing the button. I believe agricultural production will become a very pleasant process.

4. The future is here, how to turn dreams into reality

I believe that using unmanned agricultural machinery to do farm work is the dream of many people, especially thousands of people who face the loess and turn their backs to the sky. A farmer who has been a farmer for 20 years, how can he realize his dream of having his feet free of mud and having an iron ox plowing the fields with just a flick of his finger?

First, attach importance to ideological concepts. Attitude determines everything. China can send people into space. I believe it will not be too difficult to build unmanned agricultural machinery. To be honest, the existing technology is mature. The author believes that it is time to take autonomous driving in agricultural production seriously. From a corporate level, autonomous driving should be regarded as a strategic opportunity rather than a speculation concept.

Second, the products are great. To realize unmanned operation, of course, we must first have powerful machines. To change the product design concept, we need to use a large number of electromechanical and hydraulic integration technologies. The machines are highly integrated and intelligent, but at the level of use and driving operation, they need to be automated and fool-proof. , let the machine's background control system handle all problems as much as possible, and the less work people do, the better; in addition, unlike traditional agricultural machinery, unmanned agricultural machinery must be a culmination of machinery, electromechanical hydraulics, software and hardware, artificial intelligence and other technologies When developing products, you must become a master of resource integration and technology, and develop products with an open mind. Otherwise, no one in the existing enterprises can handle things in so many fields.

The third is the right strategy: unmanned agricultural operations cannot be achieved without the promotion of administrative power, but ultimately commercialization is needed to achieve it. Therefore, the country needs to introduce strong support policies to promote agricultural machinery. In terms of subsidies, special subsidies should be provided for autonomous driving components and complete machines. Only by preparing with both hands and having both hands strong can we ensure that the dream comes true.

In short, if the unmanned driving of agricultural machinery has arrived, from a practical point of view, we must at least finish the unmanned operation of agricultural production and the unmanned driving of agricultural machinery first.