ISOBUS simulator for small and medium-scale manufacturers and farmers

Abstract

Among large-scale farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers, ISOBUS is a universally accepted standard for controlling implements since it simplifies the implementation of precision farming on farms and agricultural machines. However, for small and medium-scale companies, being a farmer or an agricultural machinery manufacturer, the implementation of ISOBUS is often seen as a time-consuming and expensive challenge. For this reason, the authors built a modular simulation-based demonstrator to showcase such small and medium-scale companies the simplicity of integrating ISOBUS in farming systems and the efficiency of this technology to conduct smart farming. The present paper describes the mechanism by which the real ISOBUS terminal can control virtual agricultural machines modelized in a physics engine.