Abstract:Aiming at the problems of insufficient control accuracy and poor stability of the orchard sprayer in the small flow spraying interval, a variable control system for precision spraying of fruit trees was designed based on the improved fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm. The system controlled the rotational speed of the DC brushless water pump through the pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to control the flow rate accurately. The flow rate relationship of the DC brushless water pump under different duty cycles was obtained through the test, and the segment fitting was performed according to the trend of the data to obtain the accurate flow rate fitting formula. Then the fuzzy control was combined with the traditional PID control algorithm, and the Gaussian function and asymmetric trigonometric function were used to design the affiliation function, which achieved the improvement of the fuzzy PID algorithm. In order to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm, the modelling simulation comparison between the traditional PID, fuzzy control and the present algorithm was carried out, and the experimental results showed that the present algorithm was better than the other algorithms in terms of rise time, response overshooting amount, and steady state error. At the same time, the comparison experiments of flow control accuracy in non-motion state, dynamic flow following in motion state and the test of droplet deposition rate were set up. The experimental results showed that the spray volume error of this algorithm was controlled within 2%;when the spray volume changed dynamically in the range of 0.5~3 L/min, the average overshooting amount was 2.43%, the average adjustment time was 0.52 s, and the average droplet deposition rate was 76.89%. The research result can provide technical support for the development and application of smart orchards.