Design and operation of Wi-Fi agribot integrated system

Abstract

Robotics in agriculture is not a new concept; in controlled environments (green houses), it has a history of over 20 years. Research has been performed to develop harvesters for cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, and other fruits. In horticulture, robots have been introduced to harvest citrus and apples. In this paper autonomous robot for agriculture (AgriBot) is a prototype and implemented for performing various agricultural activities like seeding, weeding, spraying of fertilizers, insecticides. AgriBot is controlled with a Arduino Mega board having At mega 2560 microcontroller. The powerful Raspberry Pi a mini computer is used to control and monitor the working of the robot. The Arduino Mega is mounted on a robot allowing for access to all of the pins for rapid prototyping. Its hexapod body can autonomously walk in any direction, avoiding objects with its ultrasonic proximity sensor. Its walking algorithms allow it to instantly change direction and walk in any new direction without turning its body. An underbody sensory array allows the robot to know if a seed has been planted in the area at the optimal spacing and depth. AgriBot can then dig a hole, plant a seed in the hole, cover the seed with soil, and apply any pre-emergence fertilizers and/or herbicides along with the marking agent. AgriBot can then signal to other robots in the immediate proximity that it needs help planting in that area or that this area has been planted and to move on by communicating through Wi-Fi.

An Internet of Thing based Agribot (IOT- Agribot) for Precision Agriculture and Farm Monitoring

“…In the design and operation of Wi-Fi agribot integrated system, the proposed model involves an agribot which helps to locate the position of the seeds planted. This model uses an Arduino board embedded with ATMEGA 328 microcontroller [14] shown in figure 7.…”

Low Cost Robotic Manipulator for Family Agriculture

“…In the conception of (Amer et al, 2015) robotics in agriculture has been tested in studies to develop harvesters for tomatoes, cherries, cucumbers, mushrooms and other fruits, with good results. Naik et al (2016) present a robot for precision agriculture application that allows sowing with adequate depth and row spacing with good accuracy compared to manual processes.…”

“…(Eaton et al, 2008) argue about the necessary integration of requirements, combining the areas of robotics with autonomous agriculture and precision agriculture, which deals with agronomic issues. For (Amer et al, 2015), robotics in agriculture is not a new concept, already has a history of 20 years of research in the development of harvesters for cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms and others.…”

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Autonomous Robot for Precision Agriculture

“…The use of robots for precision agriculture is not a new trend. Over several decades, the robots for precision agriculture have been subject to developments and upgrades and their modern versions are smarter and can make decisions on their own by using different input parameters (Amer et al, 2015).…”