2024 Volume 86 Issue 1 Pages 52-58
This study aimed to measure the labor-saving effects of using detection maps during weed spraying. Average travel distance and operation accuracy were established as the labor-saving indicators and monitored. The use of detection maps improved operation accuracy and reduced the average travel distance by 9.61 % and 8.31 %, respectively. Compared with non-informed workers （without detection maps） who adopted the overall-path strategy, informed workers who adopted the shortest -path strategy had similar operation accuracy and 34.7 % lower average traveling distance. The labor-saving effect of the detection maps was significantly high in grasslands with a weed density above 0.117/m2. Our study demonstrated the labor-saving effects of detection maps and the optimum conditions for their effective usage.
