Open AccessDevelopment of a seed-planter wheeled robot prototype
Author(s) -
Topan Try Harmanda,
Muhammad Hazim,
Wulandari Wulandari,
Auriza Rahmad Akbar,
Sri Wahjuni,
Karlisa Priandana
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/299/1/012055
Subject(s) - robot , task (project management) , process (computing) , actuator , computer science , perspective (graphical) , field (mathematics) , focus (optics) , simulation , work (physics) , control engineering , engineering , artificial intelligence , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , operating system , physics , optics , pure mathematics
Planting seeds may be trivial and can be done manually. However, on a large scale, it will inevitably become time-consuming and labor intensive. The use of robot can be an alternative solution to improve the efficiency of this agricultural-related work so that farmers can focus more on the decision making perspective rather than the labor-intensive works. This study aims to develop a prototype of a task-oriented seed-planter robot that can be used to assist farmers. The robot has three wheels: two motorized wheels and one free-wheel for its stability. It is equipped and programmed with line follower sensors and algorithm to simplify its navigation procedure, by assuming that the field is already marked before plantation process. The main contribution of this study is the design of the actuators of the robot prototype which enables the robot prototype to dig a hole, plant the seed and then close the hole again.