AGRIBOT

Project Title

AGRIBOT

Project Area of Specialization Artificial IntelligenceProject Summary

Pakistan is agricultural country and its economic sustainability is highly associated with the growth of agriculture sector. However, Pakistan is a densely populated country and with the passage of time area for agricultural land is shrinking. On the hand the demand for vegetables and fruits is rising exponentially to meet the nutritional requirements for such large ensemble of population. In order to cope with the rising demands of vegetables and fruits it is necessary to adopt modern farming techniques for high yield production. Farm automation is one of the modern farming techniques that provides controlled environment for high-yield crops in relatively. However, the lack of technical skills and inability to maintain pest free crop in farms results in significant loss in crop yield.   Therefore, there is a rising demand of highly accurate system that will spray only the weeds for the desired production goals and using less amount of spray as compared to traditional methods. In this project we will design a solar-powered agricultural robot (AgriBot) that will automate the spraying in farms. The AgriBot will facilitate the farmers in many aspects i.e. seeding, fertilizing and pest control.

Project Objectives

The main objective of the proposed project is to build a precise system which will differentaite between the weeds and the crop and will detect the weeds for a specific crop and spray pesticide where there is weed detected. The project objectives are divided into two phases, Software part an dthe Hardware part.

Software Part:

In the software part the objective is to build a system capable of taking runtime video of a specific crop/land and to process it and detect the weeds frame by frame.

Hardware Part:

In the Hardware part the objectve is to build a robot operable in muddy terrains i.e fields/crops.

Project Implementation Method

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION:

The project Implementation is also divided into two categories the software part and the hardware part.

Software Part:

1. For the weed detection we need the labelled data or images for the model training, for this purpose videos or images of the specific crop and weed are required.
2. After gathering the data the images are labeled using labelling tools.
3. Then the model is trained using the Darknet Framework and the mAP (Mean Average Precision) is checked.
4. The Object detection requirements are installed on Raspberry Pi for real time object Detection.
5. PCBs are to be designed for the Motor Drivers which can bear current upto 5Amp.
6. Programming of the Aurduino UNO for controlling the ROBOT via Bluetooth.
7. Designing of the body of the ROBOT.

Hardware Part:

1. Fabrication of the PCBs.
2. Completing the PCBs.
3. Fabrication of the body of ROBOT.

After all these steps are complete then the turn is to assembe the AGRIBOT which includes completing the connections and the testing of the AGRIBOT.

Benefits of the Project

BENIFITS OF THE PROJECT:

1. Efficent and precise use of the pesticides which will help decrease the import of pesticides.
2. Enhancing the crop growth by killing the weeds which take the essential nutrients from the soil needed for betetr plant growth.
3. Farm automation results in high yield of crops and less labour involvement which will surely help the farmers financially.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The final Deliverable will be a solar as well as battery operated robot capable of opearting in muddy terrains. It will also differentiate between specific crop and the weeds and also spray pesticides on weeds.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry AgricultureOther Industries Food Core Technology Artificial Intelligence(AI)Other Technologies RoboticsSustainable Development Goals Decent Work and Economic GrowthRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	48580
Raspberry Pi 4 8gb	Equipment	1	18000	18000
Arduino UNO	Equipment	1	600	600
HC 05	Equipment	1	500	500
Lipo Battery 2200 mAH	Equipment	1	2500	2500
Buck Convertor	Equipment	1	500	500
Pi camera 5mp	Equipment	1	700	700
PCB Fabrication	Equipment	2	6000	12000
rs 775 motor	Equipment	2	650	1300
2n222	Equipment	4	20	80
irf240	Equipment	4	50	200
irf6420	Equipment	4	50	200
immersible water pump	Equipment	1	500	500
spraying nozzle and pipe	Equipment	1	200	200
12v 200mAh mini Solar Panel	Equipment	1	3000	3000
Relay	Equipment	1	200	200
wheels	Equipment	4	150	600
Free wheel Brackets	Equipment	2	150	300
20 gauged iron pipe (20 feet)	Equipment	1	1200	1200
Welding and Fabrication Works	Miscellaneous	1	3000	3000
Printing, stationary and overheads	Miscellaneous	1	3000	3000