Development of Solar powered parallel manipulators for Multi purpose Agricultural Seeding

Delta Parallel Manipulator is robotic controlled mechanism which uses the solar energy for actuation of motors that will be used for movement of links utilized to sow seed in proper orientation and at specified position using the end effectors of developed model. This project will be useful for sowi

Project Title

Development of Solar powered parallel manipulators for Multi purpose Agricultural Seeding

Project Area of Specialization

Robotics

Project Summary

Delta Parallel Manipulator is robotic controlled mechanism which uses the solar energy for actuation of motors that will be used for movement of links utilized to sow seed in proper orientation and at specified position using the end effectors of developed model. This project will be useful for sowing seeds in recommended direction and at proper location without any wastage and utilize the solar energy for actuation of its dynamic parts. Thus,concluding possibility of entitlement of this project with term “Sustainable Goal Development”. This project in the field of agriculture will benefit to decrease labor cost and wasting cost of seeds.

This project will comprise on base platform which would be utilized for providing support to actuators (motors), potentiometer and controllers. It will provide actuating motion to all dynamic parts of developed model such as motor link (active proximal link), coupler (distal link), rotational joint (ball joint) and parallelogram and finally developing the connection of these all above mentioned parts with the end effectors (ball joint) to obtain the working goal of sowing seeds kept over travelling platform and sow it at the recommended distance with required direction.

This project will be functional with sequence of working steps;

Firstly, the solar panel will generate suitable amount of electrical energy from photons in form of electrical signal to activate controller (Raspberry-Pi controller), utilizing signals to operate motion to electrical actuators (stepper/servo motor).Secondly, actuators transfer their energy in form of movement (linear or rotary) to dynamic parts of developed model in such a way that movement of all parts like active proximal link (motor link), distal link (coupler), ball joint (rotational joint) will start to move in their respective directions to give final actuation (movement) to end effector for completion of its final working mechanism (working step) in programmed direction. Finally, sowing seeds in face to face (in opposite) direction of two parallel seeding lines, carried out with help of end effector. The ball joints of end effector pick seeds, keep over tray (travelling platform) and will sow seeds at required location and at programmed distance.

On completion of assembling Parallel Manipulator will perform sowing seeds within programmed direction and at specified distance. This project will eliminate wastage of seeds and result maximum productivityin agriculture field.

Project Objectives

The solution's objectives are as under;

• To develop the solar powered parallel manipulators for multi type agricultural seeding
• To controlstrategy of the dynamic parts of the parallel manipulator through raspberry pi system
• To analyze the proper orientation at proposed distance of thesowing of seeds system.
• To implement working of this project at multi degrees of freedom system for achievement of reliable results that its market value can be enhanced.

Project Implementation Method

The project implementation will be based on following flow;

• This parallel manipulator can be used in the many types of agricultural crops. This can reduce the human power and reduce the cost and time.
• By using this type of technology required distance and space could be achieved to sowing the seeds.
• Parallel manipulator could be used in the indoor or outdoor fields for sowing purpose
• This advanced robotic device could be used for sowing of cotton, potatoes, beans and other seeds for forming purpose.
• This type of parallel manipulator can be used in the plants and industry as well. By setting the required parameters and required wait, distance and space, it could be used to carry many objects to place at the said point.

Benefits of the Project

The project will provide following benefits;

• It is the new innovation in the field of agriculture
• Utilization of this project will also be useful for farmers to escape their health especially in hot weather because they can monitor its movement by standing at decided location, where there is the possibility of returning of project at recommended locations after completion of its working steps in each attempt.  
• By applying the automation strategies in the field of agriculture, it helps farmers to save the money and the time.
• .It replaces man power with the modern techniques to perform the same task of sowing seed into field with high accuracy.
• By use of technology during the sowing seeds, there are very  good chance to achieve maximum productivity in comparison with manual sowing of seeds

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The project technical flow will be as under:

This project will justify the innovation of solar energy that will be used to generate the power that will be consumed in the robot, when the output of the robot will be checked and if the outcome of the robot will be as we expected then it will be big success for the innovation in the Agriculture filed. And then we will conclude the following details.

• Quantity of seed that is saved through this robot
• The time consumption
• The solar energy used to generate power
• No use of labour using this technology
• The market value that we will gain after success of project

The given input and the output received

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Manufacturing

Other Industries

Agriculture

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Required Resources

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