AgRoMac: Agriculture Robotic Machine

Iffat Ajamatulla Ghalte Priyali Vinod Sakhare Nikita Subhash Shinde

Department of Information Technology Department of Information Technology Department of Information Technology
Saraswati College of Engineering Saraswati College of Engineering Saraswati College of Engineering
Kharghar Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. Kharghar Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. Kharghar Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Mrs.Vrushali Pankaj Thakur

Department of Information Technology
Saraswati College of Engineering
Kharghar Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Abstract – AgRoMac is the Robot designed for agricultural of labour in the agriculture fields and this led us to do some
purpose. The AgRoMac is developed using an Arduino. It innovation to reduce this problem. It can utilize the energy
performs the elementary functions involved in farming. This resources efficiently. A dedicated mechanical arm is fitted
robot can be used to reduce human work considering the
with the robot to harvest the rhizomes. The entire design is
efficiency and proper utilization of resources. This can performs
automated with the help of GSM.
essential basic capacities like Drilling, Seeding, Pesticide etc.
The main aim of this project is to emphasizes the need for
I . INTRODUCTION
automating the farming practice and the growing prevalence
Agricultural is primary occupation over majority population
of hectic life style. Being compromised with soil
in the world. It is the most essential and foremost economic
sustainability, it can assure higher output and profitability.
activity of all times. The vast majority of human population
Paper 2 - Agribot : A Different approach
laboured in agriculture. The growth rate of agricultural output
Year of publication- 2017
is gradually declining in the recent years due to labour
Authors -Mr.Vaishak N.L
scarcity and more expensive. The farmers struggle with
Methodology – It contains a hopper, harvester, plougher,
labour shortages and growing world demand for food led us
medicine sprinkler, fertilizer sprayer and chain drive
to propose an “Agricultural Robotic Machine
mechanism. These components are controlled by
(AgRoMac)”,that can perform different agricultural
microcontrollers and this is in turn operated by remote
activities. It performs the elementary functions involved in
control.A single machine carrying out a variety of operations
farming. This robot can be used to reduce human work
will greatly reduce costs of operations. Fertilizers are
considering the efficiency and proper utilization of
remotely dispersed which reduces the exposure of these
resources.It perfoms two effective modes that is automated
chemicals to humans. Huge tracts of land can be cultivated in
mode and manual mode.
II. LITERATURE SURVEY
a short amount of time.The main components of the Agribot

Paper 1 - Agricultural robot (agribot) for harvesting are as follows:- Plougher , Harvester, Chain/ Tracks, Main

underground plants. Body Frame, Microcontrollers, Remote Encoder and Body

Year of publication - 2017 Decoder, Stepper Motor, Power Source.It contains a hopper,

Authors - Sampoornam k.p*.,Dineash T, Poorinamasre j harvester, plougher, medicine sprinkler, fertilizer sprayer and

Methodology - Microcontroller(PIC16F877A , Motors - chain drive mechanism. These components are controlled by

shaft DC motor,Geared motor, Wiped motor, Sensors- Soil microcontrollers and this is in turn operated by remote

moisture, Rotating blade.In recent times, there is a shortage control.A single machine carrying out a variety of operations
will greatly reduce costs of operations. Fertilizers are robots are mainly used for fertilization based on soil condition

remotely dispersed which reduces the exposure of these and several testing. Robot consists of chain wheels powered

chemicals to humans. Huge tracts of land can be cultivated in with dc gear motors to enable smooth movement

a short amount of time. Since the operations are automated, microcontroller is interfaced with dc motors, servo motors,

costs of employing humans are reduced.The cycle of GPS and magnetometer, Ultrasonic sensors and GSM

agriculture is ploughing, sowing seeds, fertilizers, medicine module.

which is followed by harvesting. These cycles are performed Paper 5 - Versatile Agribot Using Solar Panel.

by a single machine. Year of publication - 2018

Paper 3 - IOT based solar AGRIBOT for irrigation & farm Author -Hareeta Malani, Abhishek Gautam, Ranveer Singh.

monitoring. Methodology – In this Robot a solar panel is used to imprison

Year of publication-2018 solar energy and then that solar energy converter into

Authors - Mr. Rahul D S., Sudarshan S K, Meghana K N, R electrical energy .The Arduino is used to control the Robot. It

Krishana gives the desired direction to internal motors and motor

Methodology- Two major issues in modern agriculture are drivers. For the Seed Sowing a funnel is used which is made

water scarcity and high labor costs.The design and up of plastic, this funnel is connected to the digging soil and

development of an IoT based solar powered Agribot that used for sowing. On the end of digger a leveller is attached

automates irrigation task and enables remote farm which is used to level the mud after digging. Pesticide spray

monitoring. The Agribot is developed using an Arduino is harmful for human health so pesticide sprayer is used by

microcontroller..At each sensing point, data acquired from Robot that is beneficial for human health. IR Transmitter and

multiple sensors is processed locally to decide the necessity IR Receiver is used to communicate and controlling the

of irrigation and accordingly farm is watered. Agribot acts as Robot.

an IoT device and transmits the data collected from multiple III. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

sensors to a remote server using Wi-Fi link. Agribot based

automated irrigation system is controlled using ATmega2560
microcontroller programmed on Arduino platform. Two
sensors - soil moisture and temperature sensor are utilized to
assess the required water for irrigation. These sensors collect
the data on the contour of the rectangular field with the help
of screw rod mechanism. The data is processed in Arduino
micro controller. The data collected from Arduino was
transferred to cloud by use of ESP8266 module.
Paper 4 - Gps based autonomous agricultural robot.
Year of publication- 2018
Author - Mr.Shaik kareemulla
Methodology- The proposed system aims at designing multi-
purpose autonomous agricultural robotic vehicle which is
controlled by GPS and MAGNETOMETER for ploughing,
seeding, leveling and message indication to start
irrigation.This robot can especially be used inthe areas which
are harmful for humans. These robots are used to reduce
human work, ensuring efficient and proper utilization. These
 IV. PROBLEM STATEMENT VI. BLOCK DIAGRAM

In the present scenario most of the countries do not have

sufficient skilled man power in agricultural sector and that
affects the growth of developing countries. Therefore farmers
have to use upgraded technology for cultivation activity.
Manual method which includes making holes and dropping
the seeds by hand, consuming higher time efficiency. Heavy
equipments are used for carrying out agricultural activities.
This causes farmer to struggle with higher workload. The
distinctive natural conditions such as moisture, soil dampness
which human can't quantify precisely by open eyes to choose
the plant well being. Moreover many different separate
machines are used for performing every functions. Farmers
also had to suffer many problems at the time of spraying
pesticide liquids causing dangerous diseases. To overcome
this problems, an Agricultural Robotic Machine will be used
which will do the work automatically in less time increasing
higher efficiency. This innovative idea will automatically
reduce the much human efforts as compared to present
scenario.
V. DETAILS OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Fig.AgRoMac Block digram

Hardware • Arduino MEGA VII. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

Requirements Fig.AgRoMac Block Diagram
• Bluetooth (HC-05)
VII. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
• Soil Sensor

• Driller

• Pump Driver

• Relay based Motor Driver

• Battery (12volts)

Software  Ardiuno Mega

Requirements
 Eagle Software

Fig. AgRoMac Circuit Diagram

 VIII. RESULTS X. REFERENCE
[1] K Durga Sowjanya, R Sindhu, M Fig. Seeding Parijatham, K
Srikanth, P Bhargav.“Multipurpose Autonomous Agricultural
Robot” ICECA (2017).
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LLC. Accessed 20 June 2017.
[3] IoT based Solar Powered Agribot for Irrigation and Farm
Monitoring Agribot for Irrigation and Farm Monitoring , Rahul D
S,Sudarshan S K, Meghana K, Nandan K N, R Kirthana , Electronic
and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and
Technology M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Bangalore, India, 2018.
[4] Agriculture robot(Agribot) for harvesting underground plants
Fig. AgRoMac
(rhizomes),Sampoornam K.P.*,Dinesh.T,Poornimasre.J (Bannari
Amman Institute of Technology, Erode, Tamilnadu, India),
published on 26 august 2017.
[5] GPS based Autonomous Agricultural Robot , Mr.Shaik
Kareemulla Assistant Professor, Electronics And Communication
MVJ College Of Engineering Bangalore, India, Accessed on 2018.
[6] Versatile Agribot Using Solar Panel ,Hareeta Malani, Abhishek
Gautam, Ranveer Singh, Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering, M.L.V. Textile& Engineering
Fig. Driller
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Fig. Seeding
IX. CONCLUSION
AgRoMac serves better result than other manual system. It is an
automated robot which works on the basis of size of field in which
mode it is meant to be operated. It additionally watches distinctive
natural conditions such as soil moisture which human can't quantify
precisely by open eyes to choose the plant well being so the
exactness of the framework is high. This robot can be controlled by
using algorithm for the comfort of farmers and interfaced by using
Arduino board.The implementation of AgRoMac has significant
saving in the term of time, efficiency, man power, wastage of
resources and also it works at much cheaper price. By the help of
AgRoMac we can create the interest of youth in farming which is
very important for our development.