Development of a seed-planter wheeled robot prototype

摘要

Abstract Planting seeds may be trivial and can be done manually. However, on a large scale, it will inevitably become time-consuming and labor intensive. The use of robot can be an alternative solution to improve the efficiency of this agricultural-related work so that farmers can focus more on the decision making perspective rather than the labor-intensive works. This study aims to develop a prototype of a task-oriented seed-planter robot that can be used to assist farmers. The robot has three wheels: two motorized wheels and one free-wheel for its stability. It is equipped and programmed with line follower sensors and algorithm to simplify its navigation procedure, by assuming that the field is already marked before plantation process. The main contribution of this study is the design of the actuators of the robot prototype which enables the robot prototype to dig a hole, plant the seed and then close the hole again.