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Smart Agriculture Robot Project Overview

This document describes a mini project submitted by 4 students from the Mechanical Engineering department at MIT School of Engineering, Pune. The project aims to develop a smart agricultural robot to help optimize water usage and increase crop yields. It involves designing a robotic system with sensors to automatically monitor soil moisture levels and trigger irrigation when needed. The proposed robot would have an aluminum frame, robotic arm, motor, battery, and servo motor. It is intended to help farmers remotely manage irrigation in a more efficient way compared to manual systems. The document outlines the objectives, methodology, design considerations, and literature review conducted by the students.

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Smart Agriculture Robot Project Overview

This document describes a mini project submitted by 4 students from the Mechanical Engineering department at MIT School of Engineering, Pune. The project aims to develop a smart agricultural robot to help optimize water usage and increase crop yields. It involves designing a robotic system with sensors to automatically monitor soil moisture levels and trigger irrigation when needed. The proposed robot would have an aluminum frame, robotic arm, motor, battery, and servo motor. It is intended to help farmers remotely manage irrigation in a more efficient way compared to manual systems. The document outlines the objectives, methodology, design considerations, and literature review conducted by the students.

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  • Literature Survey: Reviews existing research on agricultural robots used for automatic ploughing and seeding.
  • Introduction: Discusses the importance of water resources in agriculture and the need for technological advancements in irrigation.
  • Problem Identification: Identifies the primary issues related to irrigation efficiency and remote soil watering.
  • Objectives: Outlines the goals of the project, focusing on developing a microcontroller-based plant monitoring system.
  • Methodology: Describes the two-part methodology involving irrigation and robot components.
  • Advantage: Highlights the benefits of the agricultural robot system such as cost and efficiency improvements.
  • Disadvantage: Explores the limitations and constraints of the system, including its dependency on power.
  • Result: Compares manual agriculture methods with the robotic system in terms of efficiency and improvements.
  • Conclusion: Summarizes the overall impact and potential of the robot in agriculture.
  • Design: Provides drawings and schematics for the robot design, displaying its structural layout.
  • Cost Estimation: Outlines the costs associated with materials and components used in building the robot.
  • References: Lists the sources and research papers referenced throughout the project documentation.
  • Thank You: Concludes the document with an expression of gratitude.

MIT School of Engineering, Pune

Department of Mechanical Engineering

“SMART AGRICULURAL ROBOT”


Mini Project: III
Class: TY Div.: Mech 3 Group Code: 02
Topic: NEW
Name of Student Roll No. Enrolment No.
SREEJITH SASIKUMAR 2186551 MITU18BTMLD003
KARAN SALIAN 2186567 MITU18BTMLD056
ASHISH SHIRKE 2186568 MITU18BTMLD064
PRANAY INGALE 2186540 MITU18BTMLD031
Name of Guide Prof . MANGESH DHAVALIKAR

11/9/2019 1
•Agriculture uses 85% of fresh water resources and this percentage will continue to be
in dominant in water consumption.

•Fewer water resources and water scarcity led us to upgrade our technology.

•Invention of different techniques for sustainable use of water.

•Automatic irrigation scheduling has been valuable with respect to manual irrigation
system based on soil water measurements.

•It has helped in optimizing cotton yields and water use efficiency.
• Introduction

• Literature Survey

• Problem Identification

• Objectives

• Methodology

• Design

• References
STUDY OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH PAPER

FRAMING OF PROJECT SETUP

DIMENSION OF FRAME, SPECIFICATION OF THE COMPONENTS


FOR SETTING UP THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL

ASSEMBLING OF DIFFERENT COMPONENT

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ERROR IN THE


CONCEPTUAL MODEL
LITERATURE SURVEY

Ref. No. Paper Title Author Names & Publication Details Findings
1. “Agricultural Robot for (Amrita Developing robot capable
Automatic Ploughing Sneha.A, Abirami.E, Ankita.A, of performing automatic
and Mrs. R. Praveen, Mrs. R. ploughing, seeding.
Seeding” Srimeena ). Providing humidity level
Technological through humidity sensors.
Innovations in ICT
(TIAR 2015)
2. “Automated Farming Abdullah Tanveer, With the help of
Using Microcontroller Abhishek Choudhary, Divya Pal, microcontrolers and
and Rajani Gupta, Farooq sensors – checking temp ,
Sensors” (IJSRMS) Husain) light , humidity etc
ISSN: 23493371. obtained
• Can we know if the soil actually needs to be watered?

• Can we manually water the soil from remote location?

• Can we know if the soil actually needs to be watered? Irregular watering leads to mineral
loss in the soil and might end up rotting the plants.
• To design – Microcontroller based plant/crop automatic monitoring system.

• Applications - In monitoring and controlling conditon of plants in nursery, domestic plants.

• To develop – A low cost proto type model.

• To perform – Flexible and accurate work.


 The project consist of two parts :
Irrigation part.
1. Water pump.
2. Soil moisture sensor.
3. Water tank.

Robot part.
1. Aluminum body.
2. Robot arm (Mechanical linkage)
3. Motor.
4. Battery.
5. Servo motor.
 ROBOT PART.

o Aluminum body.

 The frame will be constructed


with aluminum sheets.
o ROBOT ARM

 The arm linkage will be fitted to the servo motor


for the back/forth motion of arm.
o MOTOR

 A 12 volt, 30 rpm dc motor


will be installed to the frame for
forward/backward motion.
 To determine certain features :
1. Drive mechanism
2. Rough dimensions.
3. Distance need to cover.

 Confirm required specs :


1. Stop accuracy
2. Position holding
3. Speed range.
4. Durability.
 Calculate :
 Speed range

 Load torque

 Motor specs :

 Operating Voltage(V): 12

 Rated Torque(kg-cm): 5

 Stall Torque(kg-cm): 18.8


BATTERY

 A 12 volt,1.2 amp Battery will be


used to power the entire project.
SERVO MOTOR

 It will be installed with the pair


of robotic arm for providing
back/forth motion of arm.

 It will obtain output from relay


module in order to perform the
operation.
 Servo motor specs :

 Operating voltage (v) : 4.8 – 6

 Speed – 0.12 seconds / 60 degree

 Output torque – 16 kg / cm for 4.8 volts

 Weight – 9 grams.
• Can be used plant/crop monitor.

• Cost – Inexpensive.

• Water conservation.

• Light weight construction – Aluminum frame.

• Preventing irregular watering.


• Limited only to greenhouses.

• Limited to the power consumpton – depending on the battery


 Playing role of human in taking care of plants/crops by interfacing using
Humidity and soil moisture sensor.

 Agricultural robot serves better result than manual system.

 Agricultural robots can be experienced for several advancements.

 The scope of this system in metropolitian cities where people are unaware of agroindustry.

 Helping hand to farmers and increasing their crop productivity.


Sr.no Factors Manual Agricultural robot
1 Man power More Less
2 Time required More Less
3 Required energy More Less
4 Pollution No No
5 Water wastage More Less
6 Vegetation health Moderate Good
Sr.no Name Material Quantity Cost (Rs.)
1 12 v Dc 1 100
Motor
2 Robot Plastic 4 200
wheels
3 Aluminum Aluminum 1 150/sq. feet
sheet
4 Servo Metal gear 2 390
motor
5 12 v 1.2 A Dry 1 700
Battery
TOTAL 1390
• ”Automated Farming Using Microcontroller and Sensors”, International Journal of Scientific R
esearch and Management Studies (IJSRMS), 2015. Abdullah Tanveer, Abhish Choudhary, Divy
a Pal.

• “IOT Based Smart Agriculture”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and
Communication Engineering, 2016 Nikesh Gondchawar, Prof. Dr. R. S. Kawitkar.

• “Agricultural Robot for Automatic Ploughing and Seeding” 2015 IEEE International Conferenc
e on Technological Innovations in ICT (TIAR 2015) ( Amrita Sneha A, Abirami E, Ankita A, M
rs. R. Praveen, Mrs. R Srimeena).

11/9/2019 1 “SMART AGRICULURAL ROBOT” MIT School of Engineering, Pune Department of Mechanical Engineering Name of Student Ro
•Agriculture uses 85% of fresh water resources and this percentage will continue to be in dominant in water consumption. •Fe
• Introduction • Literature Survey • Problem Identification • Objectives • Methodology • Design • References
STUDY OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH PAPER FRAMING OF PROJECT SETUP DIMENSION OF FRAME, SPECIFICATION OF THE COMPONENTS FOR SETTING
LITERATURE SURVEY Ref. No. Paper Title Author Names & Publication Details Findings 1. “Agricultural Robot for Automatic Plou
• Can we know if the soil actually needs to be watered? • Can we manually water the soil from remote location? • Can we know
• To design – Microcontroller based plant/crop automatic monitoring system. • Applications - In monitoring and controlling co
The project consist of two parts : Irrigation part. 1. Water pump. 2. Soil moisture sensor. 3. Water tank. Robot part. 1. A
ROBOT PART. o Aluminum body. The frame will be constructed with aluminum sheets.
o ROBOT ARM The arm linkage will be fitted to the servo motor for the back/forth motion of arm.

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