MIT School of Engineering, Pune

Department of Mechanical Engineering

“SMART AGRICULURAL ROBOT”

Mini Project: III
Class: TY Div.: Mech 3 Group Code: 02
Topic: NEW
Name of Student Roll No. Enrolment No.
SREEJITH SASIKUMAR 2186551 MITU18BTMLD003
KARAN SALIAN 2186567 MITU18BTMLD056
ASHISH SHIRKE 2186568 MITU18BTMLD064
PRANAY INGALE 2186540 MITU18BTMLD031
Name of Guide Prof . MANGESH DHAVALIKAR

11/9/2019 1
•Agriculture uses 85% of fresh water resources and this percentage will continue to be
in dominant in water consumption.

•Fewer water resources and water scarcity led us to upgrade our technology.

•Invention of different techniques for sustainable use of water.

•Automatic irrigation scheduling has been valuable with respect to manual irrigation
system based on soil water measurements.

•It has helped in optimizing cotton yields and water use efficiency.
• Introduction

• Literature Survey

• Problem Identification

• Objectives

• Methodology

• Design

• References
STUDY OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH PAPER

FRAMING OF PROJECT SETUP

DIMENSION OF FRAME, SPECIFICATION OF THE COMPONENTS

FOR SETTING UP THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL

ASSEMBLING OF DIFFERENT COMPONENT

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ERROR IN THE

CONCEPTUAL MODEL
 LITERATURE SURVEY

Ref. No. Paper Title Author Names & Publication Details Findings
1. “Agricultural Robot for (Amrita Developing robot capable
Automatic Ploughing Sneha.A, Abirami.E, Ankita.A, of performing automatic
and Mrs. R. Praveen, Mrs. R. ploughing, seeding.
Seeding” Srimeena ). Providing humidity level
Technological through humidity sensors.
Innovations in ICT
(TIAR 2015)
2. “Automated Farming Abdullah Tanveer, With the help of
Using Microcontroller Abhishek Choudhary, Divya Pal, microcontrolers and
and Rajani Gupta, Farooq sensors – checking temp ,
Sensors” (IJSRMS) Husain) light , humidity etc
ISSN: 23493371. obtained
• Can we know if the soil actually needs to be watered?

• Can we manually water the soil from remote location?

• Can we know if the soil actually needs to be watered? Irregular watering leads to mineral
loss in the soil and might end up rotting the plants.
• To design – Microcontroller based plant/crop automatic monitoring system.

• Applications - In monitoring and controlling conditon of plants in nursery, domestic plants.

• To develop – A low cost proto type model.

• To perform – Flexible and accurate work.

 The project consist of two parts :
Irrigation part.
1. Water pump.
2. Soil moisture sensor.
3. Water tank.

Robot part.
1. Aluminum body.
2. Robot arm (Mechanical linkage)
3. Motor.
4. Battery.
5. Servo motor.
 ROBOT PART.

o Aluminum body.

 The frame will be constructed

with aluminum sheets.
o ROBOT ARM

 The arm linkage will be fitted to the servo motor

for the back/forth motion of arm.
o MOTOR

 A 12 volt, 30 rpm dc motor

will be installed to the frame for
forward/backward motion.
 To determine certain features :
1. Drive mechanism
2. Rough dimensions.
3. Distance need to cover.

 Confirm required specs :

1. Stop accuracy
2. Position holding
3. Speed range.
4. Durability.
 Calculate :
 Speed range

 Load torque

 Motor specs :

 Operating Voltage(V): 12

 Rated Torque(kg-cm): 5

 Stall Torque(kg-cm): 18.8

BATTERY

 A 12 volt,1.2 amp Battery will be

used to power the entire project.
SERVO MOTOR

 It will be installed with the pair

of robotic arm for providing
back/forth motion of arm.

 It will obtain output from relay

module in order to perform the
operation.
 Servo motor specs :

 Operating voltage (v) : 4.8 – 6

 Speed – 0.12 seconds / 60 degree

 Output torque – 16 kg / cm for 4.8 volts

 Weight – 9 grams.
• Can be used plant/crop monitor.

• Cost – Inexpensive.

• Water conservation.

• Light weight construction – Aluminum frame.

• Preventing irregular watering.

• Limited only to greenhouses.

• Limited to the power consumpton – depending on the battery

 Playing role of human in taking care of plants/crops by interfacing using
Humidity and soil moisture sensor.

 Agricultural robot serves better result than manual system.

 Agricultural robots can be experienced for several advancements.

 The scope of this system in metropolitian cities where people are unaware of agroindustry.

 Helping hand to farmers and increasing their crop productivity.

Sr.no Factors Manual Agricultural robot
1 Man power More Less
2 Time required More Less
3 Required energy More Less
4 Pollution No No
5 Water wastage More Less
6 Vegetation health Moderate Good
Sr.no Name Material Quantity Cost (Rs.)
1 12 v Dc 1 100
Motor
2 Robot Plastic 4 200
wheels
3 Aluminum Aluminum 1 150/sq. feet
sheet
4 Servo Metal gear 2 390
motor
5 12 v 1.2 A Dry 1 700
Battery
TOTAL 1390
• ”Automated Farming Using Microcontroller and Sensors”, International Journal of Scientific R
esearch and Management Studies (IJSRMS), 2015. Abdullah Tanveer, Abhish Choudhary, Divy
a Pal.

• “IOT Based Smart Agriculture”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and
Communication Engineering, 2016 Nikesh Gondchawar, Prof. Dr. R. S. Kawitkar.

• “Agricultural Robot for Automatic Ploughing and Seeding” 2015 IEEE International Conferenc
e on Technological Innovations in ICT (TIAR 2015) ( Amrita Sneha A, Abirami E, Ankita A, M
rs. R. Praveen, Mrs. R Srimeena).