Title :
Agribot — A multipurpose agricultural robot
Author :
Gollakota, Akhila ; Srinivas, M.B.
Author_Institution :
Birla Inst. of Technol. & Sci., Hyderabad, India
Abstract :
Agribot is a robot designed for agricultural purposes. It is designed to minimize the labor of farmers in addition to increasing the speed and accuracy of the work. It performs the elementary functions involved in farming i.e. ploughing the field, sowing of seeds and covering the seeds with soil. The robot is autonomous and provides the facility for optional switching of the ploughing system when required. PSoC (Programmable System on Chip) controller from Cypress Semiconductor, USA is used to control the robot.
Keywords :
agriculture; microcontrollers; mobile robots; system-on-chip; Agribot robot; PSoC controller; agricultural robot; ploughing system; programmable system on chip; DC motors; Educational robots; Metals; Mobile robots; Soil; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
India Conference (INDICON), 2011 Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hyderabad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1110-7
DOI :
10.1109/INDCON.2011.6139624