Abstract:The phenomenon of adhesion between the soil-contacting components of tillage implements and the soil leads to a significant increase in energy consumption, severely restricting the overall quality and efficiency of agricultural machinery operations. Therefore, developing technologies that reduce the adhesive force between soil-contacting components and soil is an important research direction for improving the efficiency of agricultural machinery operations. Aiming to explore the effectiveness and feasibility of reducing soil adhesion on soil-contacting components through two approaches: structural design and electro-osmosis technology, based on biomimetic principles, by simulating the unique surface morphologies of toads and pangolins, a series of soil-contacting components with bio-inspired non-smooth surface structures, including press wheels and cylinders, were designed. Tensile tests were conducted to demonstrate that bio-inspired protuberance structures can effectively reduce the normal soil adhesion force on soil-contacting components. Meanwhile, electro-osmos technology was introduced, incorporating key parameters such as voltage value and energization time into the experimental scheme, systematically investigating their regulatory effects on soil adhesion characteristics. The experimental results showed that when no electro-osmosis measures were applied (i. e. , without voltage), the adhesion force between the soil and the soil-contacting components was significantly higher than that when voltage was applied. Moreover, the soil adhesion force was decreased as the voltage value and energization time were increased. Additionally, after conducting the electro-osmosis experiments, the soil-contacting surfaces of the press wheels and cylinders were in a clean state with no significant soil adhesion, and clear water film traces were observed. The research result confirmed the effectiveness of electro-osmosis technology in reducing soil adhesion forces on metal soil-contacting components, providing important theoretical support and technical backing for its potential application in agricultural machinery.