Versitle Robot for Plantation and Water Distribution

Project Title

Versitle Robot for Plantation and Water Distribution

Project Area of Specialization RoboticsProject Summary

Summary:

By 2050, in terms of population Pakistan will become fourth largest nation on earth. Therefore agricultural production must be enhanced by many folds if it has to match up with the increasing demands for bioenergy, fiber and food. Automation and Robotics can play a substantial role in Pakistan meeting with the needs of agricultural production of 2050.

The agriculture sector can be controlled with the help of automation. As we know automation plays an important role know a day to improve different factors in our daily life. It will also make it easy for leakage detection and the economic growth of the country of the agriculture department by introducing the billing and saving the water for better use by reducing its wastage.

The main purpose of my project is to design a prototype  verstile agriculture robot that will provide customer service and the water distribution during plant placement in field and have a lot of applications in industry as well as in agricultural field and also gives the concept of billing by charging the amount depending on the number of the plant placement and working hours used by the respective consumers. It is constructed in such a way that will be more efficient then the manual staff. Microcontroller and the video surveillance plays an important role in the automation and switching (on and off) system of the robot. It will also assure the water safety as it can be provided to the plants during placement or not by testing the moisture in the soil. Also, the sensors will be used to assure the non-leakage of a water through the tank.

The project consists of 4 basic parts depending on the controlling and working of robot. The first part is the main car controlling which consists of  water tank and the water through it can be provided to the plant depending on the moisture in the soil, it also contains the Wi-Fi smart camera to provide the live surveillance and the video and audio footage.The hand gestures will be used to control the robotic arm and the car direction using HC-12 transceiver. The right hand will be used to control the car wheels using L298N driver module by receiving the command from the right hand, the other sensors are also connected with microcontroller on the car to provide different features. The second one will be the main robotic arm control which will perform the main working of pick and place and plant placement. The third and fourth part are the gesture control for the car and the arm. The robotic arm will be the controller of the agricultural field, in each case different type of sensor and an LCD display plays an important role in the water providing and the feedback of the working which helps to make it more effective and reduce the water wastage and time of a manual working.

Project Objectives

Objectives:

The objectives of my project are the following:

1. Soil moisture measurement during plant placement to reduce water wastage.
2. Air humidity measurement.
3. Customer service.
4. Billing depending on usage.
5. Wireless data transfer to the customer.
6. Air quality measurement to perform suitable operation.
7. Live video surveillance for detection of working and satisfaction of a customer .
8. Obstacle avoidance to avoid damages.
9. Smoke detection in case of fire or emergancy.
10. Emergency alert.
11. Gesture control using HC-12 transceiver.
12. Automatic light on/off in darkness and light places.
13. Water level measurement of a tank and alert in case of water shortage.

Project Implementation Method

Implementation:

The prototype of my multipurpose robot will be programmed using Arduino microcontroller which will control the movement of the rover, actuators and the end effector of the robot which consist of a servo motor. The robot will send SMS alert as well as alarm when it will detect smoke in a working environment for this purpose, I will use the smoke sensor. The robot will also provide the live surveillance using camera by which we can monitor the working of the robot. The ultrasonic sensor will be used to avoid the obstacles and helps the robot to work smoothly and accurately by reducing the damage. The controlling of the robot can be done by using RF transmitter and receiver on both sides (i.e., the hand and the robot). The LRD will be used to automatically turn on and off the lights in darkness as well as light. In case of customer service, the robot will also tell the charges depending on the time and distance covered by the robot and also send the details to the customer using the GSM module as well as the number of plants placed in the soil. This robot will also tell the humidity in the air as the environment is suitable for the outdoor working or not. It will also tell the soil moisture if we are using this robot for plant placement and provide the water to the plants for this purpose, I will connect the small tank with the robot to provide water using pump and also measure the water level of the tank. This many features makes it a multipurpose robot instead of just a pick and place robot.

Benefits of the Project

1. Wastage of water can be controlled.
2. If someone want to use robot for specific working, then charges will be applied.
3. Remove manual working.
4. Takes extra precautions depending on the customer usage and working environment.
5. The automatic control system helps to maintain advanced foreign technology in agriculture system, in recent years in China it has been widely used in automating the industrial as well as the agricultural field.
6. It gives good results because of high monitoring systems and efficient working.
7. The control system which includes the hand gesture control and Arduino has a good adaptability, as the dominant form of domestic automation system application.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Final Deliverable:

The final product will be a robotic car.This prototype is very useful in reducing the water related crisis and also helps in controlling the water wastage and leakage of water. Because by managing the plant placement (agricultural field) system it will provide water, tells the environment of working and fire precautions as well as live surveillance to all sectors by giving the precautions and by charging the consumers to a certain level.

Technical Details:

The whole prototype will be a combination of hardware and software system, The block diagram is shown below.

Transmitter End 1 (Right Hand):

Transmitter End 2 (Left Hand):

Receiver End (car/robot):

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry AgricultureOther Industries Transportation , Telecommunication Core Technology RoboticsOther Technologies Internet of Things (IoT)Sustainable Development Goals Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	34970
Arduino Nano	Equipment	2	450	900
DHT-11	Equipment	1	220	220
Arduino Mega	Equipment	2	1400	2800
Arduino connector cable	Equipment	2	80	160
HC-12	Equipment	5	950	4750
WIFI camera	Equipment	1	2500	2500
GSM module	Equipment	1	3500	3500
Robotic Arm	Equipment	1	2350	2350
Screw set	Equipment	1	320	320
4 wheel set (car)	Equipment	2	1050	2100
servo motors	Equipment	4	230	920
L298N motor driver	Equipment	2	250	500
Buzzer module	Equipment	2	50	100
9V Battery	Equipment	3	50	150
battery caps	Equipment	3	10	30
DC pin	Equipment	3	20	60
power bank module	Equipment	1	300	300
flex sensor	Equipment	1	2900	2900
SD card	Equipment	1	900	900
soldering wire	Equipment	1	350	350
metal spacers,screw,net	Equipment	10	30	300
jumper wire set	Equipment	6	130	780
ultrasonic sensor stand	Equipment	2	70	140
power bank	Equipment	1	1050	1050
LDR	Equipment	6	10	60
resistor	Equipment	15	1	15
rechargeable cell (3.7v)	Equipment	5	150	750
2 cell case	Equipment	1	80	80
4 wheel case	Equipment	1	250	250
spacer F-F	Equipment	4	35	140
spacer M-F	Equipment	4	25	100
3 cell case	Equipment	1	100	100
BC547	Equipment	5	5	25
LED	Equipment	2	10	20
Male header	Equipment	2	10	20
vero board	Equipment	2	35	70
ultrasonic sensor	Equipment	3	200	600
ADXL 335	Equipment	2	470	940
MQ-02	Equipment	1	250	250
MQ-07	Equipment	1	380	380
I2C module	Equipment	1	150	150
16x4 LCD	Equipment	1	550	550
relay module	Equipment	1	100	100
moisture sensor	Equipment	1	160	160
water level sensor	Equipment	1	250	250
mini submersible water pump	Equipment	1	350	350
printing	Miscellaneous	150	2	300
thesis binding	Miscellaneous	3	410	1230