solar powered remote controlled and automated agricutter
The mentioned project, solar powered remote controlled and automated agricutter is basically a crop cutting machine that can work autonomously and manually using a remote control. The hardware is of aluminum body and has two shunt motors that are used for driving. Besides that, the blades are o
Project Title
solar powered remote controlled and automated agricutter
Project Area of Specialization
Project Summary
The mentioned project, solar powered remote controlled and automated agricutter is basically a crop cutting machine that can work autonomously and manually using a remote control. The hardware is of aluminum body and has two shunt motors that are used for driving. Besides that, the blades are of adjustable heights thus a linear guide is designed to adjust the height of the blades. The height is adjusted with the help of stepper motor. To control all this mentioned mechanism a remote control is designed which uses RF transceiver. The crop cutter can operate in two modes; autonomous and user guided. The remote controlled driving is done by mapping the input of the joystick provided to the crop cutter. For autonomous, the user provides the dimensions of the field and the crop cutter stays within its boundaries. No similar project has been implemented in Pakistan so far.
Project Objectives
The designed project aims to provide a simple, user friendly, environment friendly and low maintenance crop cutting machine. The designed agricutter can be charged easily using solar panel further reducing the operating costs. This will reduce the work load of the farmers and will provide them with a modern yet innovative method for cutting crops.
Project Implementation Method
: The project implementation was based on the following phases:
- Problem identification and research phase:
The project was started by identifying the problem and breaking it down. Appropriate research was done regarding the problem. Similar projects were searched as well. Research was done to find the appropriate solution to the problem.
- Planning phase:
The solution to the problem was identified. The components to be used were researched and finalized too. The work was divided among the team members and timeline was created.
- Execution phase:
The proposed solution was implemented. The group partners integrated their parts to solve each part of the problem.
- Quality control and testing phase:
The implemented parts were tested and it was ensured they were up to the mark.
- Project closing phase:
The designed parts were integrated together and finally tested. Documentation for the project was also completed.
Benefits of the Project
The proposed project has the following benefits:
- it is user friendly
- it is economical
- it is environment friendly
- it has low maintenance and operating cost
- it can cut the crops up to the required height of the user because of its adjustable blades
- it facilitates farmers by providing a simpler and easy method that the traditional methods for crop cutting
it reduced the workload of the farmers
Technical Details of Final Deliverable
The designed project has an aluminum body and rubber tires. Stainless steel blades are used for cutting the crops. Two carbon brush shunt motors are used for driving the agricutter. A linear guide has been designed to adjust the height of the blades. The linear guide uses a pulley mechanism and counter weights. The height is adjusted using a stepper motor. A carbon brush shunt motor is used to rotate the blades. All this work is done manually and an RF transceiver (NRF24L01) is used for that purpose. For autonomous operation, the user transmits the length and width of the field to the agricutter using the RF transceiver. The agricutter completely traverses the field by counting the pulses of the encoders that are connected with the shaft of the motor.
Final Deliverable of the Project
Type of Industry
Technologies
Sustainable Development Goals
Required Resources
| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shunt motor | Equipment | 2 | 3000 | 6000 |
| stepper motor | Equipment | 1 | 4000 | 4000 |
| shunt motor | Equipment | 1 | 1800 | 1800 |
| linear guide | Equipment | 1 | 2500 | 2500 |
| cutting blades | Equipment | 1 | 2500 | 2500 |
| arduino at-mega 2560 | Equipment | 2 | 1170 | 2340 |
| rpm encoder | Equipment | 2 | 130 | 260 |
| NRF24L01 | Equipment | 2 | 650 | 1300 |
| batteries | Equipment | 2 | 3000 | 6000 |
| joystick | Equipment | 2 | 130 | 260 |
| button | Equipment | 5 | 50 | 250 |
| tyres | Equipment | 4 | 450 | 1800 |
| aluminium | Equipment | 1 | 4700 | 4700 |
| lcd 16*2 | Equipment | 1 | 240 | 240 |
| wires | Equipment | 5 | 80 | 400 |
| resistor | Equipment | 36 | 1 | 36 |
| headers (males) | Equipment | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| transistor | Equipment | 6 | 8 | 48 |
| optocoupler | Equipment | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| module stk-080 | Equipment | 1 | 1500 | 1500 |
| relays | Equipment | 6 | 80 | 480 |
| iron rod | Equipment | 1 | 250 | 250 |
| bolts | Equipment | 24 | 10 | 240 |
| chain set | Equipment | 2 | 1800 | 3600 |
| pulleys | Equipment | 3 | 600 | 1800 |
| timing belt | Equipment | 1 | 700 | 700 |
| clipper | Equipment | 2 | 300 | 600 |
| bearing | Equipment | 4 | 60 | 240 |
| underhead | Equipment | 34 | 5 | 170 |
| arduino batteries | Equipment | 2 | 300 | 600 |
| acrylic sheet | Equipment | 2 | 140 | 280 |
| connectors | Equipment | 4 | 45 | 180 |
| labour | Miscellaneous | 1 | 9300 | 9300 |
| veroboard | Equipment | 2 | 25 | 50 |
| Total in (Rs) | 54474 |
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