Solar Based Multi-Purpose Agricultural Robot

Abstract

This paper proposes a project to develop a robot which is capable of performing operations like automatic seeding, irrigation, fertilization and grass cutting. The main component here is the ARDUINO that supervises the entire process. At the present time, robots replace humans especially to perform repetitive task. In agriculture seeding is one of the first steps. During this process seeding is carried out in all the rows of the farming plot. In irrigation process, the soil sensor is used for monitoring the environmental condition. It checks this level and alerts the farmer, then slowly applies small amount of water to the planted seeds in all the rows of the farming plot. The fertilization process is same as irrigation process but some crops need fertilizers when the seed germinates and the plant begins to grow.

These robot's entire systems work with both the battery and solar power. The relay switches power the vehicle via Bluetooth commands as input. A concept is being developed in the domain of agricultural autonomous vehicles to investigate whether number of small uniqie machines can be more effective than existing big machines .Grass cutting is the method of removing undesirable plants from the fields. One of the earlier phases in farming is ploughing, during which the land is tilled and prepared for the harvest.

Keywords---ARDUINO, robots, agricultural