Theoretical substantiation of machine technology of loading storage facilities in selection and seed production of vegetable crops and potatoes

The studies were carried out in order to determine the scheme for laying root crops for storage, depending on their physical and mechanical properties (taking into account the coefficient of the pile collapse 0.5–0.75), to justify the machine technology for loading storage in breeding and seed production in the digital agricultural production system. The results of a theoretical study of the assessment of the level of machine technological complex automation for loading and unloading operations are presented. The patterns of movement of a robotic clamp former along the storage were determined. A morphological matrix was developed for distributing the level of automation of machine technological complexes for loading and unloading operations, which includes the principle of the action of formers: mechanical, hydraulic and electrical, as well as the name of process operations, including the creation of a task card for the performance of work, scanning the geometry of the storage and controlling the shape of the pile of material to be laid with automated uniform filling of the storage with stepless adjustment of the speed of the pick-up conveyor along the storage. An algorithm has been developed for performing operations for loading vegetables and potatoes with a digital monitoring and control system, taking into account the volume of movement of the machine, forward speed of the machine, the performance and interaction of a separate functioning element in each operation of the loading process. The assessment of the adequacy of the developed procedure for loading potatoes and vegetable crops is carried out by comparing the results of a real system and a simulated one using