1. Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
Design and Development of Autonomous
Farming Robot
Project Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Tahir
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Dated: April 1, 2018
Group No: 15
2. Team Introduction
Isra Tariq (Team Leader)
Specialization: Telecom. and Electronics
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Hadia Irshad
Specialization: Computer and Electronics
Hafsa Jamal
Specialization: Telecom. and Electronics
Hafiza Ufaq Rehman
Specialization: Telecom. and Electronics
3. Problem Statement
Significant challenges are faced by the farming industry of
Pakistan, in the form of poor yield as well as inefficient use of
basic resources including water, fertilizer, pesticide, etc.
In order to overcome these problems, we propose robotics
based precision agriculture solution that will allow farmers to
utilize resources (e.g. water and fertilizers) effectively and
efficiently.
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4. Proposed Solution
An autonomous robot capable of performing following farming
tasks:-
• Soil preparation using tillage tool
• Precise distribution of seed
• Watering
User can remotely control and monitor the fields via Web
application.
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6. Flow Chart
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SENSORS LIMIT
SWITCHES
STM32F407 MCU
Position and Speed
control of Motors
Tools
Wi-Fi
Module
User
Interface
Processing of Data
7. What have we done so far?
• Design of 3D motion hardware using pulley and belt
mechanism
• Interfacing of stepper motor with STM32F407 MCU
• Position and Speed controlled of stepper motor
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What have we done so far?
• Tooling mechanism for soil preparation, seed distribution and
watering and spraying of fertilizers
• Web Application for remotely controlling the robot
9. Soil Preparation
• Tillage tool employed with rotational motion of DC motor
use to bring nutrients on the surface of soil
• Current feedback mechanism in order to speed up tillage
tool for uneven land
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10. Seed Injector
• Precise distribution of seeds
• Cost efficient in case of high value crops
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11. Watering
• Water nozzles are used to water seeds at specified
location
• Feedback from moisture sensor used to sprinkle
required amount of water
• Efficient use of water resources
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12. Web Application
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• Sensor data from STM32F407 is send to web page
through ESP32F and router
• Webpage is created using PHP
• User can remotely control the robot using this webpage
16. Applications
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• Farmers who lack trained and expensive labour force
• Ideal for land where water resources are scarce
• Household usage which involves kitchen gardening
• On large scale, contribute to country’s economy by increasing
the yield
17. Audience
• Farmers
• Working Women (Kitchen Gardening)
• Industrialists in the field of agriculture
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18. Future Deliverables
• To achieve precision of operation using GPS
• Replicate hardware using center pivot to cover large area of
land
• Control of center pivot structure
• Environmentally friendly robot energized by solar
photovoltaic cells
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19. 2017 201806 07 08 09 10 11 12 2018 02 03 04
4/6/2017 - 31/7/2017
Studying Literature, selection of stepper
motor and linear actuators
27/7/2017 - 10/8/2017
Ordering of one motor and interfacing
of the motor with controller
20/8/2017 - 2/10/2017
Ordering of 2 more motors & control 3D motion.
Design & ordering of hardware structure employing linear actuators.
16/10/2017 - 4/11/2017
Operation of tillage tool in close loop using current sensor data
9/11/2017 - 24/12/2017
Design and interfacing of seed injector with controller
Synchronized working of tillage tool with actuators
2/1/2018 - 2/2/2018
Operation of linear actuators in loop feedback via limit switch
Synchronized operation of seed injector with hardware
22/2/2018 - 2/3/2018
Control speed of water pump using sensor data
Closed loop operation of tools with hardware
4/2/2018 - 26/2/2018
Interfacing of Wi-Fi module with controller
Gantt Chart
Created a webpage using PHP
Transmit data from webpage to controller 1/3/2018 - 25/3/2018
