The document describes a group project to design a motorized coconut climbing machine. The group members are presenting on applying machine elements and machine design to develop a device that helps users easily climb coconut trees for harvesting. Their goals are to make coconut tree climbing easier for farmers and residents, encourage more people to work in agriculture, and help prevent musculoskeletal injuries to agricultural workers who currently climb trees manually.
The document describes a group project to design a motorized coconut climbing machine. The group members are presenting on applying machine elements and machine design to develop a device that helps users easily climb coconut trees for harvesting. Their goals are to make coconut tree climbing easier for farmers and residents, encourage more people to work in agriculture, and help prevent musculoskeletal injuries to agricultural workers who currently climb trees manually.
The document describes a group project to design a motorized coconut climbing machine. The group members are presenting on applying machine elements and machine design to develop a device that helps users easily climb coconut trees for harvesting. Their goals are to make coconut tree climbing easier for farmers and residents, encourage more people to work in agriculture, and help prevent musculoskeletal injuries to agricultural workers who currently climb trees manually.
The document describes a group project to design a motorized coconut climbing machine. The group members are presenting on applying machine elements and machine design to develop a device that helps users easily climb coconut trees for harvesting. Their goals are to make coconut tree climbing easier for farmers and residents, encourage more people to work in agriculture, and help prevent musculoskeletal injuries to agricultural workers who currently climb trees manually.
TOPICPRESENTATION TopicNo.3 I. GeneralSubjectArea ApplicationofMACHINEELEMENTSANDMACHINEDESIGN
II. SpecificTopic MOTORIZEDCOCONUTCLIMBINGMACHINE
III. SpecificsofResearch Rationale
In olden days most of theactivitiesweredone manually.Nowadays most of the
activities which include human efforts are either replaced or automated by the use of machines orother kindofequipments. One such approachisbeinggivenintheareaof Cultivation and Harvesting of Coconuts. Coconut plantation being one of the major agricultural activities in the southern part of India, a better study and development of equipments for the ease of harvesting are required. In case of these trees, theheight and absence of branches makes it very difficult to climb on them. This activity is traditionally carried out by the socioeconomically backward communities, where men are trained in the art of climbing trees rapidly and plucking the coconuts or spraying pesticides.Considering thisscenario,adevice whichwillhelptheusertoclimbcoconut treeeasily willbe useful forthe people who arehavinglargecoconutcultivationaswell asresidentswith lesscoconuttrees.Thiskindofdeviceswillencouragemorepeopleto comeforwardtoagriculturalsector. The coconut palm is essentially a tropical crop. Appropriately referred as The Tree of Life by villagers, every part of the coconutis utilized inone or theother way.
Theoutside husk is usedtomakestrongropes,whiletheleavesofthetreeareusedas
roofingmaterialin villages. Tendercoconutwater is adeliciousandhealthydrink.More importantly,tendercoconutsareusedasamedicinefordiseasessuchasthyroid. Systematic efforts to evaluate agronomical harvesting practice of coconut climbing of labors by manual climbing and machine climbing methods is necessary. Therefore,to make the coconut tree climbing equipment suitable for the workers, due attentionneedstobegiventotheircapabilitiesandlimitationswhiledesigning. Therefore,certainattempts havebeen made by us todo thesamebydesigning thetreeclimber. Primary goal oftheprojectistodesignacoconuttreeclimbingdeviceforfarmers and residents. It is very difficult toclimb on coconut treemanuallydue tothe constant cylindrical structure and single stem. In other type of trees there will be branches for holding and to support the climber. A professional climberwith proper training only be able to climb coconut tree. Due to the risk involved, nowadays avery few are coming forward toclimb oncoconuttrees.Mostofthemhesitate.Agriculturalworkersemployed for coconut tree climbing suffer musculoskeletaldisordersthananyother type ofinjury or illness. As the educational background of Indian youth is increasing, most of the people may hesitate tocomeinclimbingprofession.Consideringthisscenario,adevice whichhelps the usertoclimbcoconuttreeeasilywillbeusefulforthosehavingcoconut cultivationaswellasresidentswhoishavinglesscoconuttrees
