ENHANCED AGRICULTURE ROBOTIC SYSTEM

This article addresses improvement in agriculture processes like automatic planting of seeds on ploughed land by using robot. We have developed a robotic vehicle having four wheels and steered by DC motors. The seed planting mechanism is fitted on the vehicle to plant the seeds in uniform manner. The enhanced agriculture robotic system architecture gives us the opportunity to develop a complete new range of agricultural equipment based on small smart machines. The machine will cultivate the farm by considering particular rows and specific column at fixed distance depending on different seeds. The obstacle detection problem will also be considered, sensed by infrared sensor.Forward movement of the vehicle can be defined by defining delay to microcontroller. Turning of the vehicle can be obtained by position encoder circuit which is fixed to one of the wheel. The complete assembly can be powered by using 12V rechargable battery. The battery can be charged by using solar panel which is also mounted on robot. Assembly language is used in programming the microcontrollers. The whole algorithm, processing, monitoring are designed with dc motors, sensor and encoder circuit. The result obtained through activation unit is also presented