Precision of tractor operations with soil cultivation implements using manual and automatic steering modes

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-28

  Lipiński, Adam J ^a   Markowski, Piotr ^a   Lipiński, Seweryn ^a   Pyra, Paweł ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Automatic steering; GPS; Omissions; Operating precision; Overlaps

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TRACTORS (TRUCK);

AUTOMATIC STEERING; EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS; OMISSIONS; OPERATING PRECISION; OVERLAPS; SATELLITE GUIDANCES; SATELLITE NAVIGATION; SOIL CULTIVATION;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 84960433823     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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