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The arm robot manipulator is suitable for substituting humans working in tomato plantation to ensure tomatoes are handled efficiently. The best design for this robot is four links with robust flexibility in x, y, and z-coordinates axis. Inverse kinematics and fuzzy logic controller (FLC) application are for precise and smooth motion. Inverse kinematics designs the most efficient position and motion of the arm robot by adjusting mechanical parameters. The FLC utilizes data input from the sensors to set the right position and motion of the end-effector. The predicted parameters are compared with experimental results to show the effectiveness of the proposed design and method. The position errors (in x, y, and z-axis) are 0.1%, 0.1%, and 0.04%. The rotation errors of each robot links (θ1, θ2, and θ3) are 0%, 0.7% and 0.3%. The FLC provides the suitable angle of the servo motor (θ4) responsible in gripper motion, and the experimental results correspond to FLC’s rules-based as the input to the gripper motion system. This setup is essential to avoid excessive force or miss-placed position that can damage tomatoes. The arm robot manipulator discussed in this study is a pick and place robot to move the harvested tomatoes to a packing system.

Indonesia's location in the equator gives an ideal condition for agriculture. However, agriculture suffers the issue of old farming due to a lack of youth interest working in this sector. This problem can be overcome by applying digital farming methods, in which one of them is by employing robots. Robotics technology is suitable for handling the harvested product, such as a sorting robot. This paper presents the application of a 4DOF fruit sorting robot based on color and size in a packaging system. The sorting is made possible by image processing where color is recognized by HSV analysis, and the diameter is known in the grayscale image and setting the thresholding. The fruit to be sorted is red and green tomatoes and red and green grapes. The experiments were conducted to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. The time requires for the robot to accomplish the task is 11.91s for red tomatoes, 11.76s for green tomatoes, 12.56s for red grapes, and 12.92s for green grapes. The time difference is due to the position of the boxes for the sorted fruit. The experimental results show that the arm robot manipulator is applicable for a sorting robot using the proposed method.

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An unmanned vehicle can be deployed in a dull area such as a repetitive task of a transport vehicle in a factory setting which can be considered as automated transportation. The current problem faced by the transportation sectors are the reduction of fossil fuel availability, therefore, solar-powered automated transport vehicle is a great alternative. This paper discussed the experimental analysis of solar-powered mobile robot as the prototype for environmentally friendly automated transportation. The solar cell output is used to charge the capacitor banks functioning as the substitute for a battery system. The robot moves from one station to another imitating the stations in a factory scenario. The solar-powered robot is equipped with a voltage sensor to ensure efficient charging time. The charging time was conducted in 5 days to show the charging fluctuation affected by external factors such as weather condition. The highest average charging in a day is 4.96 V during 100.687 Lux of irradiance received by the solar cell. The highest power required during the loaded task is 0.0121 W, and during unloaded is 0.0106 W. The experiment results show that the proposed method is effective for environmentally friendly automated transportation.

Arm robot manipulator is the most applied robot to substitute human labor in industries. Due to the importance of arm robot manipulator in manufacturing lines, the robustness and effective design are essential in building an arm robot. This paper presents the controller, mechanical, and motion designs of an arm robot manipulator. The fuzzy logic controller is employed to ensure the effectiveness in detecting the target object. PID controller is designed to enhance the smooth and stability of robot motion. The simulation of how the robot move inside its workspace was conducted using RSTX toolbox in SciLab. The motion is generated by deriving Denavit-Hartenberg parameters of the mechanical design. The result shows the effective design of Fuzzy-PID controller and mechanical design of a pick and places arm robot manipulator.

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