Farmer Robot for Harvesting and Maintaining Plants

Development of a Supervised Robotic Prototype for Citrus Harvesting

“…Basing on the conceptual models of different studies on robotics development by different researchers like Wan Ishak W.I (2010), Jiacheng Rong (2022), Amish Patel (2016), Wenkang Chen ( 2020), (Hamido & Morgan, 2018), (Chen et al, 2020), Yuki Onishi ( 2019), (Jia et al, 2020), (Didamony & Shal, 2020), (Peng et al, 2021), (Jawad et al, 2020), (Arad et al, 2020), ,(Xu Xiao, 2022), and (Jiacheng Rong, 2022), who have contributed much in agribots developments globally, a conceptual framework for this study was developed as shown below: For the developed robotic system to operate smoothly, the controller communicates with the driver hub through driver hub by wired means while the drive hub sends instructions from the operators to the microcontroller (Control Hub) through a wireless medium for instructions initiation. After that the, microcontroller checks whether the instructions require the motors connected on to it or the expansion hub.…”

“…In the interaction between pickers and the system, the researchers suggested improvements such that the robot can be able to stop at the exact point where the pickers are to avoid time wasting on walking to the robot because the robot was programmed to stop 5 meters away from pickers. (Jawad et al, 2020), developed a four-wheeled robotic prototype that was driven by four high torque DC motors with a speed of 200-RPM, and it had a storage capacity of 30kgs.The robot was equipped with a rechargeable battery, which could be recharged by a solar in case of a low battery because its power rate was 115.25 w. This prototype was not only used to harvest tomatoes but also had the capability to irrigate plants and maintain the ecological fields. For harvesting and irrigating mechanisms, a sensor-based watering system to detect the humidity and temperature such that the need for water by plants is confirmed and computer vision was deployed such that the fruit picking and irrigation are achieved at the end of the day.…”