IOT Based Mechanized Water Automizer System For Industrial Farming By Using Mobile Cartesian Robot

Project Title

IOT Based Mechanized Water Automizer System For Industrial Farming By Using Mobile Cartesian Robot

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

The IOT based mechanized water atomizer system is an automated precision farming machine designed to revolutionize the farming sector in the present era. This project is based on a robot i.e. capable of moving in the Cartesian direction and has the ability to detect the soil moisture level and spray water if needed. This project works similar to 3D printers and CNC milling machine, the robot hardware employs linear guides in the X, Y and Z directions. The hardware is designed to be maneuverable and for that purpose tires are attached with cart and synchronize them. The movement of the robot in Y and Z directions is done by the stepper motors which are controlled by using micro-controller Arduino and the X direction is controlled by the DC motors. A mini camera which is used in hardware for monitoring the view of concerned field via mobile application with using remote camera control system based on Internet of Things. All the IOT based actions are controlled wirelessly through GSM module. The soil moisture sensor is connected with the tool mount in the shaft of Z direction to sense the moisture level of soil. If the sensor senses the amount of water less than the threshold level which the respective plant, then water pump sprays the required water and maintain the moisture level of respective plant. We will get an urgency signal on mobile whenever the DC motors stop during process due to any hurdles. The practical implementation could be change according to the requirements. There is a vast future scope of the project like integration of seed sowing system, pesticide detection system, fertilizer spraying system, powering the system through solar power, integration of rain water harvesting system for water supply etc. In large scale, this robot is very well capable of helping farmers in their intensive field work and in small scale, it can help normal people who wish to do farming at their home.

Project Objectives

• To design the portable cartesian robot with capabilities of linear motions.
• Cartesian robot can spray water on plants or farmer field according to the given time schedule or moisture level of soil.
• Sprinkling water on required plants or fields in tunnel farming by using multiple moisture sensors.

Project Implementation Method

Agricultural automation using robot is an attempt to reduce the burden of maintaining a farm for small scale and large scale by automating the most commonly performed tasks such as sowing of seeds, watering of plants etc. This system comprises of Gantry robot with 2 stepper motors, Arduino Mega 2560, Stepper motor drivers, Soil Moisture sensor, and spraying tool, water pump, four cart tires with suspension, 2 DC Motors with motor Driver. The parallel tracks allow the motion of the gantry along the x-axis, the gantry allows the motion of the cross-slide along the y-axis and finally the universal tool mount allows for using different tools/farming modules and also facilitates the motion of the tools along the z-axis to suit to the required height of the plants. The universal tool mount interfaces the cross-slide spraying module.

Benefits of the Project

The project has vast benefits and application the main concern of our project deals:

• Performs the complex procedures without human error
• Efficient and absolute repeated procedures
• Implement whole process at any given time schedule remotely
• Tedious procedures require no additional labor cost
• Scale to as wide range of plants you need
• Using a sequenced method instead of checklists
• Run multiple tests having less humans
• Test unlimited groups simultaneously (not just A and B)
• Systematically collect data at a high frequency
• Run experiments easily that are traditionally too labor intensive
• its portable so it can be used at multiple locations
• It uses optimal water which is a major concern

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Here are some technical details given: -

Microcontroller	ATmega2560
Operating Voltage	5V
Input Voltage (recommended)	7-212V
Input Voltage (limits)	6-20 V
Digital I/O Pins	54 (of which 14 provide PWM output)
Analog Input Pins	16
DC Current per I/O Pin	40mA
DC Current for 3.3V Pin	50mA
Flash Memory	256 KB of which 8 KB used by bootloader
SRAM	8 KB
EEPROM	4 KB
Clock Speed	16 MHz

Microcontroller

Operating Voltage

Input Voltage (recommended)

Input Voltage (limits)

Digital I/O Pins

Analog Input Pins

DC Current per I/O Pin

DC Current for 3.3V Pin

Flash Memory

SRAM

EEPROM

Clock Speed

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry AgricultureOther IndustriesCore Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other Technologies 3D/4D PrintingSustainable Development Goals Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Responsible Consumption and Production, Life on LandRequired Resources

Elapsed time in (days or weeks or month or quarter) since start of the project	Milestone	Deliverable
Month 1	Data collection and research on problem	proceed
Month 2	Research for suitable equipment like motor, drivers etc	proceed
Month 3	Designing the project on soft tools	Working
Month 4	Acquire the equipment's for hardware implementation	Under Process
Month 5	Assembling the hardware	Under Process
Month 6	Software Synchronization with hardware	Under Process
Month 7	Testing and Error Removing	Under Process
Month 8	Finalizing the project and observing the concerned output	Under Process
Month 9	Thesis and Final FYP report	Under Process