Arduino Board-Based Wireless Controlled Seed Sowing Robot

Abstract

Robotics plays an important role in modern world, and they assist humans in all aspects of life. Application of robotics in industries substantially increases the production and improves quality of manufactured goods [1]. The advancement in artificial neural network field further improves the precision at which robots executes their tasks and its decision making capability [2]. The application of robotics in agricultural sector along with human work force will lead to precision farming that could save enormous electrical power and optimum utilization of water and other resources [3]. Robots are widely used in ploughing, seed sowing, watering of plants, spraying, power management, pesticides and fertilizers spraying, weed removing, etc. In agricultural sector, many farmers go by traditional sowing method and face some difficulties. Due to shortage in agricultural workers and increase in large-scale farming, robotics has been widely used. Some recent work done on agricultural robotics are briefly described here.Nithish Kumar et al. ( 2020) presented a GSM-based automated seed sowing device using ultrasonic sensors for obstacle detection, but no provision is provided for remote adjustment of seed spacing and depth [4]. Sangole et al. (2020) proposed a semi-automatic Arduino-based agricultural bot for seed sowing [5]. Madhu and Patil Raj Kumar (2017) has proposed a seed sowing machine, operated manually. This machine can sow any type of seeds and maintain equal space between the seeding points. The cost of this method is less and useful for small-scale farmers. It can be used for cultivating crops like cauliflower, potato, radish, etc. It also incorporates a seed-metering device to know the amount of seeds in the tank. At a set proportion, the seed will fall on the ground according to the rotation of the wheel. There is a disc, which is used to allow only one seed for one rotation [6].

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“…Reference Description Arduino board-based wireless controlled seed sowing robot [42] Automated seed sowing robot [43] Design and development an agriculture robot for seed sowing, water spray and fertigation [44] Robot can manage to plant the seed up to 2-5 cm depth. Different tasks of the robot are controlled by an android application installed on a smart phone.…”