Smart Irrigation Robot

The economy of many countries mainly depends on agriculture and to achieve the best and efficient products, it is very important to focus on reducing the excess usage of  resources like water, labour, etc. The main purpose of developing the Smart Irrigation Robot is to grow crops&nbsp

Project Title

Smart Irrigation Robot

Project Area of Specialization

Computer Science

Project Summary

The economy of many countries mainly depends on agriculture and to achieve the best and efficient products, it is very important to focus on reducing the excess usage of  resources like water, labour, etc. The main purpose of developing the Smart Irrigation Robot is to grow crops efficiently by controlling the use of resources. Smart Irrigation

Robot is a small car type robot prototype which will be constructed using microcontroller and controlled wirelessly using smartphone application. The driver of the system will be required to give instructions through the app which is used by the robot as commands and it will then work according to the instructions given by the driver. The microcontroller used in this project will  be Arduino and Soil Moisture Sensor will be used to detect the requirement of water. Whenever the driver would want to water the field, he will give commands through the app to the robot and robot will detect  the moisture level of soil, the happening of rain, amount of sunlight and the temperature. If moisture level is low and time is suitable for watering, then robot will tell about amount of water required by the soil. Then the user will select operating mode  of robot from manual or auto and the robot will work accordingly.

For future enhancements we have considered the camera surveillance and Wi-Fi communication. By using this project, farmers can easily water their field without going through the hectic process of manual watering and the excess use of water would be reduced.

Project Objectives

The main objective of the project is to develop an intelligent  system which can irrigate the land efficiently. However, to be specific following is the list of  objectives which the proposed system should fulfill. These are

?  Provide a user login to the farmer
?  Work on real time basis
?  Irrigate according to recommendations 
?  Monitor parameters necessary for irrigation
?  Irrigate when environment is suitable
?  Use resources efficiently and wisely
?  Work autonomously
?  Controlled via mobile phone from outside the land
?  Minimize human interaction with land
?  User friendly interface

Project Implementation Method

Domain of the proposed system is quite clear. System has a mobile phone app which is Android based. The hardware contains microcontroller and different sensors which are related to Arduino. So, the domain of proposed system is
?  Mobile Computing (Android)
?  Embedded Systems (Arduino and Sensors)

Benefits of the Project

The proposed solution has numerous advantages over the old-fashioned manual irrigation system. Some of them are discussed below
?  Real time irrigation: All of the irrigation  is  real time scenario based. Main focus  is on the efficiency of the irrigation process so, real time decisions will do this job
?  Save resources: Consuming resources according to need will save the precious resources, like water, of the country
?  Automaticity: Autonomous working of  the system will reduce the manual work which in fact reduces the cost of labor and chances of error
?  Save time and money: System  is  using  microcontrollers and sensors available easily in the  market,  so  the cost of building  is minimum. User of the proposed system can do any of his other 
work while robot is irrigating the land which result into saving of time
?  Better control of landscape: Management of the  irrigation  is  being  done by the system which results in better control of the irrigation process
?  Easy installation: Installation of the system is very simple. User just need to install the mobile phone app and place the robot in the land and that’s all done

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Smart Irrigation Robot  is a small car type robot prototype which is developed using Arduino microcontroller and controlled wirelessly using smartphone application. It consists of two parts; one is the hardware (Robot) and other is the software (Android app and Arduino 
coding). The app and robot are connected with each other through Bluetooth technology. The system has two modes of operation, one is the manual mode and the other is auto mode.These modes are to be selected at the time of irrigation. The driver of the system is required to use the app to give instructions about irrigation to the robot. The robot will then detect parameters like, moisture level of soil, rainfall,  amount of sunlight and temperature and will decide whether it’s suitable to irrigate the land or not and give feedback to the driver in the form of 
recommendations. Then driver is required to select operating mode of robot from manual or auto and the robot will work accordingly. In manual mode driver has to control the robot using buttons and controls given  in the app and irrigate the land, in auto mode robot will 
automatically detect its environment and start irrigating according to its recommendations or the parameters given by driver. Driver can also setup reminders about irrigation using app of the system. The microcontroller used in this project is Arduino and sensors are used to detect necessary parameters like soil moisture, rainfall, etc.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Agriculture

Other Industries

IT , Others

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

Artificial Intelligence(AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Others

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action

Required Resources

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