Design and Development of Solar Powered Autonomous Seed Sowing Robot

Abstract

In this era of technological revolution, we can implement new technologies in the field of agriculture for increase in the overall production of agricultural commodities. One of the most significant component in agricultural procedure is seed sowing machine. Nowadays, the agricultural activities are performed by using tractors, which uses fossil fuels for functioning. Harmful gases are released throughout the process, which cause a lot of damage to the environment. Our work make use of solar power to which overcomes this problem and is also cost efficient. In this project, the solar power is collected by using solar panels and then the power is saved in batteries with the help of charge controllers. In the rear wheel of the machine, a DC shunt motor has been connected through a transmission system. This DC motor is powered by the batteries. We make use of IR sensors to get the tract of the path, the machine should go through. A ploughing machine is attached to the machine, which digs the soil for sowing and then, seeds are sowed on the basis of the revolution of the wheel. The plougher then covers it back with the soil after sowing the seeds. Fertilizers are also sprayed along the way. The Micro Controller Unit (MCU) is used for controlling all the above mentioned operations.