Design and fabrication of a solar powered autonomous agricultural robot

Abstract

In the agricultural industry there’s a necessity for a technology which is more easily understood and implemented by the farmers. machineswhich require very less effort and less time with low cost are required for success in the field of agriculture. Traditional methods are still followed within the field of agriculture, which are outdated in the current world of technology. There is a huge demand for automation in various fields of agriculture. This project includesboth design and fabrication of an Autonomous Agricultural Robot which helps the farmer in different agricultural operations like pesticide spraying to Inspection, control weeds, and material handling. This robot is equipped with four wheels which are independently connected to four L type geared dc motors. These motors are connected to a battery which is charged using a solar panel. This robot uses a Raspberry pi as a main controller which reacts as per the data received from the camera and ultrasonic sensors and whole system is operated us ing a mobile application. Thus, this robot completely automates the field monitoring by moving in the desired route map to follow which is given as a input to the controller using GPS technology.