Agro Ropter

The Agro-ropter is a design with open end to its function ability. The design gives full freedom to its operator to function as per requirement of the operator i.e. as programmed. However the precision and sustainability of the robot will develop with the development of i

Project Title

Agro Ropter

Project Area of Specialization

Artificial Intelligence

Project Summary

The Agro-ropter is a design with open end to its function ability.

The design gives full freedom to its operator to function as per

requirement of the operator i.e. as programmed. However the

precision and sustainability of the robot will develop with the

development of its coding. The cost of developing such a system

will be at the cost of USD 479 (Laptop at USD 200, Smartphone

at USD 115, Arduino at USD 14 and Quadcopter at USD 150);

which is 70 times less than the loss that single farmer incurs

during the production process. However research work is being

carried out for the development of system to be more accurate

and function able.

Since 1930s automation has always been a dream in every sector

and in every field. The biggest benefit of automation is that - it

saves labour, energy, materials and also improves efficiency with

better accuracy and precision. The purpose of this research paper

is to introduce the design of a low cost “agro-quadcopter”

module - that will be able to send feedback and receive

command, reacting spontaneously to administer various

control systems while operating in real-time. It will be able to

perform the analysis on daily weather, record daily

temperature, find infected crops, keep pests away, aid in

artificial pollination, spraying and seeding; hence reducing

farmer’s workload and increasing the productivity of a farmer.

The set up depends upon an interface between android,

Arduino and MATLAB. The module developed can run

through a computer. The quad-copter is mounted with an

android smart-phone having sensors along with an Arduino.

The module receives real-time data from the quad-copter and

analyses, then send feedback or command to the quad-copter

in real time. This module can further be developed for usage

on an aircraft, allowing us to sway an aircraft from ground –

initiating a new era of completely automated civil flight.

Project Objectives

Farmers can grow better crops using aerial pictures, sensors and

robotics to acquire data for precision. This method was once used

as military aviation technology. Major problems that contribute

to low agricultural yield are damage caused by birds and lack of

proper farm monitoring techniques. Though the exact cost of loss

associated with birds is undocumented, generations of farmers

have been performing a number of traditional and conventional

techniques to prevent birds from damaging the agricultural area.

This not only requires a massive hours and manpower but also

farmers’ unaccountable loss of opportunities. Moreover, it is

shown that the agricultural yield can be considerably increased

by adopting Information technology to the agricultural area. The

core contributions of our work can be summarized as follows:

• A self-sustaining agricultural monitoring platform has been

designed that comprises of a quadcopter with wireless power

control capability by MATLAB – Arduino interface.

• The proposal consists of a “Turtle bot” routing approaches to

facilitate the self-sustaining agricultural monitoring platform and

demonstrate improvement in crucial metrics over existing routing

approach.

The following sectors show a phenomenal development:

? Increase Yield.

? Save Time

? Return on Investment

? Ease of use

? Integrated GIS mapping

? Crop Health Imaging

? Failsafe - The Drone Flies Home

The main objective is to introduce new algorithms that are not used in pakistan.

Project Implementation Method

Drone technology will give the agriculture industry a high-

technology makeover, with planning and strategy based on real-

time data gathering and processing. PwC estimates the market for

drone-powered solutions in agriculture at $32.4 billion.

Following are ways in which aerial and ground-based drones

“Agro-ropter” will be used throughout the crop cycle:

i. Soil and field analysis: Agro-ropter can be

programmed to produce precise 3-D maps from

early soil analysis which will be useful in planning

seed planting patterns. Even after planting a

drone-driven soil analysis will help to provide data

for irrigation benefits and also make the farmer

aware of nitrogen-level management.

ii. Planting: The new planting system will increase the

precission of planting and decrease planting costs

to almost zero. This is because now a single

farmer can plant land after land by just recharging

and making the Agro-ropter do the work. The

Agro-ropter can also be programmed to shoot

pods with seeds or directly inject seeds and plant

nutrients into the soil; providing optimum

condition for the crops.

iii. Crop spraying: Since the beginning of the history of

farming the process of keeping pests away from

crops had been a too tough job. However with

Agro-ropter detecting and spraying on the infected

crops has become too accurate and less time

consuming. The result: increased efficiency with a

reduction of in the amount of chemicals

penetrating into groundwater. In fact, experts

estimate that aerial spraying can be completed up

to five times faster with drones than with

traditional machinery.

iv. Crop monitoring: The process of crop monitoring

becomes too hectic for a farmer. The time

consumed for doing so can be utilized for some

other jobs and increase the productivity of a

farmer. With Agro-ropter a farmer can sit in his

room doing some other job and ask the UAV to do

the monitoring for him at any time regardless of

the situation or the time of the day.

These above mentioned ways are not just it’s limit. By making it

an open end programming system anyone with the knowledge of

Matlab, Arduino and Android can Agro-ropter to any operation

in the field of agriculture. All that is needed is a bit of

modification.

Benefits of the Project

Farmers can grow better crops using aerial pictures, sensors and

robotics to acquire data for precision. This method was once used

as military aviation technology. Major problems that contribute

to low agricultural yield are damage caused by birds and lack of

proper farm monitoring techniques. Though the exact cost of loss

associated with birds is undocumented, generations of farmers

have been performing a number of traditional and conventional

techniques to prevent birds from damaging the agricultural area.

This not only requires a massive hours and manpower but also

farmers’ unaccountable loss of opportunities. Moreover, it is

shown that the agricultural yield can be considerably increased

by adopting Information technology to the agricultural area.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

MATLAB Requirement

The purpose of using matlab is that it is such a coding platform in

which we can communicate simultaneously with android and

Arduino system simultaneously without any interruption. In that

case we just have to add “add-ons” to our matlab system. In order

to do this no extra charge or coding is required.

The function of matlab is basically to acquire data from the

android mobile, provided by the sensors inbuilt. Those data will

be analyzed by matlab and the required command for maintaining

correct function will be issued. This command will then be sent

to the Arduino for making necessary changes in the control

surface.

Arduino Requirement

The purpose of Arduino is to receive signal from matlab and to

the corresponding action by making corresponding changes in the

control surfaces.

Android Phone Requirement

The sensors that can be accessed by an android mobile are GPS,

Wi-Fi, accelerometer, proximity, and light Gyroscope, Magnetic,

Rotation Vector, linear Acceleration and Orientation. These

sensors are usually built-in in any smart android mobile phone.

The compactness of the sensors in one device and less weight

makes it a better option for replacing bulk individual sensors.

Wi-fi Requirment

The purpose of setting Wi-Fi is to make the system connected

over internet. This is done to make a farmer capable of operating

from any distance. As it is connected over internet there will be

good track of any update in the system and anything wrong can

be easily identified with proper invigilation.

Farmers Operating Module

Farmers operating module is to help the farmer to communicate

with the quadcopter. It will take and provide the output in real

time. The actions made will also be visible to the farmer in the

section: “Actions Taken”. This module is to reduce the

complexity of the coding and make it user friendly.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Agriculture

Other Industries

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

Artificial Intelligence(AI)

Sustainable Development Goals

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Required Resources

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