This paper is published in Volume-6, Issue-4, 2020
Area
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Author
Soubhik Mazumdar, Abhinav Bhattacharya, Kirti Bhagat, Aayush Kumar, Shivam Gupta, Kunal Sahni, Menaka R.
Org/Univ
Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date
11 August, 2020
Paper ID
V6I4-1359
Publisher
Keywords
Agriculture, Automation, Solar panel, Battery, MPPT, BMS, OpenCV, MQTT

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Soubhik Mazumdar, Abhinav Bhattacharya, Kirti Bhagat, Aayush Kumar, Shivam Gupta, Kunal Sahni, Menaka R.. Solar-powered semi-autonomous vehicle for agricultural usage, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Soubhik Mazumdar, Abhinav Bhattacharya, Kirti Bhagat, Aayush Kumar, Shivam Gupta, Kunal Sahni, Menaka R. (2020). Solar-powered semi-autonomous vehicle for agricultural usage. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 6(4) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Soubhik Mazumdar, Abhinav Bhattacharya, Kirti Bhagat, Aayush Kumar, Shivam Gupta, Kunal Sahni, Menaka R.. "Solar-powered semi-autonomous vehicle for agricultural usage." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 6.4 (2020). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

The Farm Assistant Robotic Mobile robot, abbreviated as F.A.R.M, is a four-wheel-drive, solar-powered semi-autonomous vehicle designed specifically to suit the needs of a typical Indian farm. Indian agriculture is composed of many crops, rice, and wheat being the most popularly consumed. F.A.R.M has been designed to keep commercial rice and wheat plantations as the primary focal point but can be extended to other farms with minor tweaks. The 20-kg robot can drive with a continuous transnational speed of 8 m/s on moderately rough terrain. The on-board solar panel generates about 150-W of average power when directly under the sun i.e., a 90-degree angle of elevation. The power-control system uses an MPPT based charging system to recharge the batteries and supply loads. The robot has two modes of control; first using a handheld controller, and second using control buttons through a web page. Various features include a pesticide sprayer, live video surveillance, internal system reporting, invasive animal detection using computer vision, and a self-sustained solar energy-based power system.