The communication involved with the robots and autonomous
tractors and other automation approaches will be also based on
the ISOBUS protocol. For this reason, the FMMIS for agricultural
robots has the same structure and functions as is seen for the
FMMIS for current agricultural tractors. The differences include
the inclusion of additional modules for the remote control of
autonomous vehicles, for automated management, for operation
and control of fleets of autonomous vehicles, and specific additional
alerts mechanisms. The terminal in the cab of the tractor
is eliminated, as the operation of the vehicles will be fully automated,
with vehicles to decide their own operating parameters in
the various agricultural tasks, according to the needs arising for
the proper and timely execution of these tasks. The proposed
FMMIS can support add-ons needed for new devices, new protocols
and new software options and tools.
Following the conceptual model applied to the current situation
(Fig. 2), the corresponding conceptual model for the structure and
functionalities of the robotic system is presented in Fig. 4.