• DocumentCode
    2860840
  • Title

    iPlant: The greenhouse robot

  • Author

    Al-Beeshi, Bashayer ; Al-Mesbah, Bashayer ; Al-Dosari, Sara ; El-Abd, Mohammed

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Kuwait, Kuwait
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    3-6 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1489
  • Lastpage
    1494
  • Abstract
    Fast growing technologies, and rising demands of every day´s tasks, resulted in increasing interest for developing smart systems to make life´s chores easier and more convenient. Implementing such technologies for the benefit of humanity and nature would achieve its highest goal and purpose. Since agriculture sector is one of the most important sectors that affect our daily lives, an investigation for developing means that enhance this process is required. Launching from previous facts, an integrated robotic system that is dedicated for the environment and serves the agriculture sector is to be designed. The robot, called iPlant, would be able to take care of its own garden, greenhouse, by interacting with the environment around it. iPlant is a robotic system employer that is easy to use, effortless, and saves time. iPlant has the ability to monitor and broadcast plants´ state, water level, and nutrients. Therefore, iPlant will provide a great reduction in both financial and physical resources.
  • Keywords
    agriculture; computerised monitoring; greenhouses; industrial robots; agriculture sector; financial resource reduction; garden; greenhouse robot; iPlant; integrated robotic system; nutrients; physical resource reduction; plant state broadcast; plant state monitoring; water level; Green products; Humidity; Robot sensing systems; Soil; Temperature sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2015 IEEE 28th Canadian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Halifax, NS
  • ISSN
    0840-7789
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5827-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCECE.2015.7129501
  • Filename
    7129501