Developer of AI systems for robotic agricultural machines The company Cognitive Pilot (a subsidiary of Sbera and Cognitive Technologies) has launched a project to develop a complex for agronomic analysis of Zusaannounced the implementation and soil condition of Cognitive Soil Analyzer and its promotion in domestic and overseas markets.
The Cognitive Pilot won the competition of the Russian Ministry of Commerce for the development of the Cognitive Soil Analyzer project and its preparation for mass production in Russia, based on domestic electronic components. The competition was held within the framework of the state program «Scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation».
According to the business plan for the project approved with the Russian Ministry of Commerce, it is planned to start selling Cognitive Soil Analyzer by 2026.
functionality and features
The Cognitive Soil Analyzer allows, at an order of magnitude lower cost, to measure the soil physico-chemical parameters of the fields, necessary for the formation of an optimal technological map of plant growth based on the data of its spectrometric analysis.
In order to determine the content of mineral elements in the analyzed soil fragment, measurements of the degree of absorption / reflection of electromagnetic vibration quanta of different spectral zusacarried out. In order to measure the acidity and the electrochemical potential of the soil element, the parameters of electromagnetic induction are measured.
The depth of the soil investigation can be up to one meter. The system also offers the possibility of determining the degree of compaction of the soil by measuring the mechanical resistance to the impact force.
The Cognitive Soil Analyzer can be installed on any vehicle such as a tractor or a special transport platform, even in an unmanned version. Soil measurements are taken automatically, downstream, when driving a specific route with a specific frequency, depending on agronomic needs. To get the required measurement accuracy, use a measurement grid with points every 25, 50 or 100 meters. or other resolution The data specified by the user are stored as sets of soil parameters linked to the coordinates of the measurement points. The complex makes it possible to obtain the main agronomic indicators of the soil, such as the content of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, hydrogen, salinity, moisture, temperature, density and other parameters.
The result of the Cognitive Soil Analyzer is a field map containing the distribution of chemical elements, acidity, density and other measured parameters over its area.
After creating a field map, a so-called rule map is formed on its basis, which is loaded from the tractor into the autopilot system and allows the machine to autonomously control the fertilizer process while driving, using it according to the previously established norms based on a quick analysis of the dosed spreads.
The results of the measurements can also be used for interpretation, creation of predictive models for the development of crops on the studied fields, analysis and Ausaelaboration of recommendations on agronomic measures urgently needed to ensure the target yields for the selected set of crops in the crop rotation are submitted to the product program database.
Expected fertilizer savings by farms using Cognitive Soil Analyzer are between 20% and 25%, while maintaining projected yields, according to experts from leading industry association Interagrotech. «The emergence of a domestic product capable of rapid analysis of the ZusaIt is difficult to overestimate the implementation and condition of the soil, to optimize the fertilizer process, it is a revolutionary event for our market, which corresponds to world trends», says Natalia Filippova, director of the Interagrotech association.
Production in Russia
The production of the Cognitive Soil Analyzer is carried out in the first robot factory in Russia, the Cognitive Pilot department in Tomsk. In addition, it is planned to attract small and medium-sized enterprises from different regions of the country to carry out specific types of work under the project: Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast, St. Petersburg, Moscow and others.
«Our new solution will use domestic components. It will be independent of the sanctions policy. After foreign companies in this field left our market, we are ready to present our farms with an alternative - a system superior to them in quality, capacity and cost, capable of working on an unmanned platform. Experts have already estimated the volume of potential demand for our new solution, it will be of the order of 2026 billion rubles by 2028-18. The potential market volume today is estimated at more than 39 billion rubles. This is a global event for the domestic agor industry,” says Olga Uskova, CEO of Cognitive Pilot.
Export
Cognitive Pilot also expects the new solution to be actively promoted in foreign markets. In parts, the most promising and friendliest regions stand out:
- Brazil (4.400.000 farms);
- Argentina (236.000 farms);
- Turkey (3 000 thousand farms);
- Kazakhstan (85 thousand farms);
- Belarus (2 thousand farms).
“Due to its competitive advantages in terms of cost and functionality, the Cognitive Soil Analyzer can have a significant impact on the efficiency of farms in these and South African countries, which until now have not been able to use American and European “smart” agricultural technologies due to their high costs. Given that the cultivation and harvesting season in these areas is much longer (2-3 harvests per season), the impact on the farms will be higher - an increase in profitability and fertilizer savings of up to 35% », the company explained .
Market data
Today, the global automatic agricultural soil analysis equipment market is one of the dynamically developing markets with high demand. The volume is estimated at $4,25 billion according to Data Bridge Market Research and will grow to $2029 billion by 13,50 at a compound annual growth rate of 11,70%.
Experts estimate the volume of the entire global market for fine cultivation at 9,31 billion US dollars. in 2022 it is expected to be worth US$15,8 billion. by 2026 at a momentum of 14.13% (data from Precedence Research).
Source: AgroBusiness (Russian)