Agricultural robot designed for seeding mechanism

Sunitha, K. A.; Suraj, G S G S; Sowrya, CH P N; Sriram, G Atchyut; Shreyas, D; Srinivas, T.

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/197/1/012043

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“…The main targeted crops for the existing reported seeding robots are mainly cereals, with high accuracy rates reported regarding wheat and rice crops [44,45]. On the other hand, an autonomous seeding robot more suitable for wet-fields has been proposed, but with no performance metrics [46]. Finally, there has been progress in commercial seeding robots made by Fendt [47,48], which can be used as an intelligent fleet of seeding robots or individual units.…”

Section: Seedingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Robotics for Field Operations

Fountas

Mylonas

Malounas

et al. 2020

Sensors

213

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Modern agriculture is related to a revolution that occurred in a large group of technologies (e.g., informatics, sensors, navigation) within the last decades. In crop production systems, there are field operations that are quite labour-intensive either due to their complexity or because of the fact that they are connected to sensitive plants/edible product interaction, or because of the repetitiveness they require throughout a crop production cycle. These are the key factors for the development of agricultural robots. In this paper, a systematic review of the literature has been conducted on research and commercial agricultural robotics used in crop field operations. This study underlined that the most explored robotic systems were related to harvesting and weeding, while the less studied were the disease detection and seeding robots. The optimization and further development of agricultural robotics are vital, and should be evolved by producing faster processing algorithms, better communication between the robotic platforms and the implements, and advanced sensing systems.

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Section: Seedingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Robotics for Field Operations

Fountas

Mylonas

Malounas

et al. 2020

Sensors

213

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“…However, this robot can carry out farming for land area of limited land area only. Sunitha et al [5] have proposed a robotic system that localizes the path and can navigate itself without human action. For ploughing, this robot is equipped with tentacles that has saw blades.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For each rotation every tooth on gear will take seeds and will drop them on field. Camera at the front end tracks the path for every fixed distance and at the minimum distance it takes the path pre-programmed [5]. However, this study has a drawback where the system uses camera and image processing for object detection which makes the system complex.…”

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confidence: 99%

Automated Seeding and Irrigation System using Arduino

Kumar¹,

Rajagopal²

2021

JRNAL

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Malaysia, has a very conducive environment for agriculture. Six percent of the population are employed to some of the agriculture activities making agriculture the most curtail industry in Malaysia. Hence, there is a need to develop the agricultural facilities by incorporating latest technological advancements. Conventional seeding process is time consuming and requires additional labor cost. In this paper, an automated system is proposed for seeding as well as irrigation process in agriculture which reduces the labor cost. This system aims to increase the efficiency of the seeding process without affecting the nature of soil. The proposed system is equipped with Arduino MEGA and Arduino UNO which acts as the main control unit while ultrasonic and soil moisture sensors are used to detect the obstacles and soil moisture level, respectively. The robot consists of a funnel like arrangement to perform the seeding procedure. The field is equipped with moisture sensors placed at different areas that monitors the moisture level of the soil on a regular interval for irrigation purposes. The proposed system will be of great benefit to the future endeavor of agricultural business as well as it will be able to optimize the seeding and irrigation.

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“…However, no analysis of different performance parameters for the designed robot was carried out. Sunitha et al (2017) [19] designed an agricultural robot for plowing and seed-sowing operations in the field however, the detailed performance of the robot was not assessed.…”

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Operational, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of an Agricultural Robot in Seeding and Weeding Operations

2023

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The development of robotic-based agricultural machinery systems has significantly increased in recent years. Many autonomous systems have not yet been measured based on sustainability and economic performances, even though automation is regarded as an opportunity to increase safety, dependability, productivity, and efficiency. The operational aspect, economic viability, and environmental impact of replacing conventional machinery with robotized alternatives are the primary focus of this study. The robot considered in this research is designed for extensive fieldwork, where PTO and external hydraulics are required. This robot is equipped with two 75 (hp) Kubota diesel engines with a total engine gross power of up to 144 (hp). Both robotic system and conventional machinery were described, and different scenarios were used to examine various operational and environmental indicators, as well as individual cost elements, considering various field sizes and working widths of implements used in seeding and weeding operations. The findings demonstrate that the robotic system outperforms conventional machinery in terms of operational efficiency by as much as 9%. However, the effective field capacity comparison reveals that the conventional system has a field capacity that is up to 3.6 times greater than that of the robotic system. Additionally, the total cost per hour of the robotic system is up to 57% lower than that of the conventional system. The robotic system can save up to 63.3% of fuel during operation, resulting in the same percentage reduction in CO2 emissions as the conventional system, according to a comparison of fuel consumption.

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Agricultural robot designed for seeding mechanism

Cited by 8 publications

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Agricultural Robotics for Field Operations

Agricultural Robotics for Field Operations

Automated Seeding and Irrigation System using Arduino

Operational, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of an Agricultural Robot in Seeding and Weeding Operations

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