VIVA-Tech International Journal for Research and Innovation Volume 1, Issue 5 (2022)

ISSN(Online): 2581-7280
VIVA Institute of Technology
10th National Conference on Role of Engineers in Nation Building – 2022 (NCRENB-2022)

Solar Powered Mobile Operated Smart Multifunction Agriculture

Robot
Sharad Paradhi1, Chintu Shanvar2, Pradip Bhandari3, Mukeshkumar Mishra4
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(Electrical, Viva Institute of Technology/ Mumbai University, India)
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(Electrical, Viva Institute of Technology/ Mumbai University, India)
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(Electrical, Viva Institute of Technology/ Mumbai University, India)
4
(Electrical, Viva Institute of Technology/ Mumbai University, India)

Abstract : Many advances in technology have made the agriculture business a much less labor
intensive industry to be a part of. If we think back even only 50 years, farmers were just beginning to
incorporate technologies into their farming techniques. It has been said that individuals that are
involved in the farming industry are some of the least susceptible to change. They are very set in the
ways of those came before them. When we take a look at the farming industry now, we can see that
this is rapidly changing. Farmers are looking for new ways to implement technology to cut costs and
reduce labor hours.
One of the ways that farmers are beginning to explore new technologies in farming come from
the autonomous Tractor (robot). The battery powered Mobile operated wireless agribot is something
that is very new to the agriculture industry, but is quickly gaining popularity from agriculture
research companies around the United States. These agribot are described by Farm Industry News as
a tractor that drives its solve with a computer in control. Although still in the research phase of
development, autonomous robot are rapidly becoming more of a reality than an idea.One of the ways
that farmers are beginning to explore new technologies in farming come from the autonomous
Tractor (robot). The battery powered Mobile operated wireless agribot is something that is very new
to the agriculture industry, but is quickly gaining popularity from agriculture research companies
around the United States. These agribot are described by Farm Industry News as a tractor that drives
its solve with a computer in control. Although still in the research phase of development, autonomous
robot are rapidly becoming more of a reality than an idea.

Keywords – Agribot,Ploughing ,Seeding ,Solar Panel, Arduino Uno, Battery,

I. INTRODUCTION
The autonomous farming tractor is something that is very new to the agriculture industry, but is quickly gaining
popularity from agriculture research. This autonomous mechanical function tractor rapidly becoming more of a
reality than an idea. When the tractor is moving on a surface, it is controlled by a Bluetooth technology. This
can be moved forward and reverse direction using geared motors. The tractor can move towards left and right
directions using these geared motors. This project uses AT89S52 Microcontroller and comprises of performing
Soil ploughing , seeding , watering, pesticide spraying with Bluetooth decoder commands. whole system is
powered through Solar Panel.

Bluetooth is used which converts the desired frequency in to analog signals which is Bluetooth by Bluetooth
Decoder and given to AT89S52microcontroller.The microcontroller is used for controlling the tractor according
to the frequency received by the Bluetooth receiver. To control the devices from remote place we are using a
Bluetooth technique. Connect a mobile at the receiver end (Controller side which is fabricated on robot). If we

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give a command from another mobile automatically it gets received by the Bluetooth decoder unit placed on
receiver end.

When the Mini Tractor (Robot) is moving on a surface, it is controlled by a Bluetooth technology based Mobile
remote. This can be moved forward and reverse direction using geared motors. Also this tractor can take sharp
turnings towards left and right directions. Soil Ploughing operation is done by DC high torque geared motor
arrangement. Seed sowing operation is done by DC geared motor mechanism. Water sprinkler and pesticide
sprayer added advantages in it. This project uses controller board to control all the operation.

II. AIM & OBJECTIVE

As we all know the main requirement in the agriculture industry is man power. So the main objective of our
project is to reduce the need of man power.
The agriculture sector is the one where not only number of labours is required but also they must have the
required skill set for farming. Need of labours can be accomplish by automating the process of seed sowing,
ploughing and water spraying by using solar panel.
The “Seed plantation and ploughing” is one of the most important and day-to-day job of the farmers.
Conventional method suffers from various problems. The main aim of our project is to reduce the human effort,
time requirement and to increased accuracy of this Solar operated Smart Agriculture Tractor (Robot) project.

III. METHODOLOGY

The methodological procedure, circuit diagram and the block diagram are included in this section. The
development of the agricultural robot consists of the integration of hardware techniques and software tools.
Arduino Uno microcontroller is the master controller of the developed robot. All the operations of the robot are
controlled through Bluetooth connectivity.The robot for agricultural purpose is an autonomous robot which is
controlled remotely through a wireless Bluetooth connectivity between the Smartphone and the robot. The
Bluetooth electronics app is used to control each and every operation of the robot. The Bluetooth HC-05 module
is fixed on to the robot which receives signals from the Bluetooth electronics app and sends these signals to the
microcontroller for processing of operations.

The microcontroller is powered by a 12V DC battery and it consists of a voltage regulator, which is used to
regulate the voltage input for the controller.The microcontroller gives a 5V supply to the driver circuit. This
supply is insufficient to actuate DC motors. Thus driver circuit amplifies 5V current into 12V current and drives
the motors connected to it.

The L293D motor driver 1 circuit is used to control the bidirectional motion and receives signals from the
microcontroller.The DC motors control wheel motion and other activities of the robot. The microcontroller
sends signals like 00,01,10,11. When signals are like 00 or 11 then the motor is in off condition so there is no
movement of robot occur, if else the signal like 01 then the motor will rotate on backward direction else the
motor rotate on
forward direction(when signal is 10).

The L293D motor driver 2 circuit which controls two Dc motors. One DC motor is used for line marker and
another one is used for seed dispenser. A line marker is used to mark a line along which seeds are dispensed.
The marker has a single teeth and only one line is marked along the path of the robot. The depth through which
the mark is done can be controlled through the Smartphone.

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IV. FIGURES AND TABLES

Fig 1 Block Diagram of Solar Powered Mobile Operated Smart Multifunction Agriculture Robot

V. CONCLUSION

This project presents the Implementation of farmer friendly battery powered mobile operated agricultural robot
with automatic soil ploughing, seed sowing , watering and pesticides sprinkler arrangement using Bluetooth
has been designed and implemented with Atmel 89S52 MCU in mechanical system domain. Experimental work
has been carried out carefully. The result shows that higher efficiency is indeed achieved using the mechanical
system according to requirement of the user.

The robot for agricultural purpose an robot is a concept for the near the performance and cost of the product
once optimized, will prove to be work through in the agricultural spraying operations. We have been successful
in developing a robot whose construction is enough to withstand the challenges of the field. We are sure that
once this concept is presented in a manner suitable to Indian market, it will differently help in bringing down the
15% molality rate found in the Indian formers associated with the agricultural spraying operation.

Acknowledgements

We shall be failing in our duty, if we will not express our sincere gratitude to all those distinguished personalities with the help of whom we
have successfully completed our project. My deep gratitude to Dr. Arun Kumar, PRINCIPAL, VIVA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
who always been playing a great role in all round development of the student. My deep gratitude to Prof. Bhushan Save, THE HEAD OF
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT and our project coordinator Prof Mukesh Mishra and our project guide Prof. Mukesh Mishra for his
valuable guidance, advice and constant aspiration to our work, teaching and non-teaching staff for their kind support, help and assistance,
which they extended as and when required. Last but not the least I wish to thank my friends for providing technical and moral support. I
hope that this project report would meet the high standards of all concerned people and for their continuous co-operation during the whole
period of period of project that helped us in enhancement of this project.

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