Design and Simulation of a Multi-purpose Adjustable Modular Robot for Precision Agriculture
Agriculture; Design; GAZEBO; Modeling; Simulation
Global population growth, climate change, and labor shortages all represent substantial obstacles to meeting global food needs, and agricultural robots provide a possible solution. This work uses a survey to evaluate user behavior toward using agricultural wheel robots on small farms. The survey was conducted in various parts of India (Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, and Silchar), where 250 large and medium commercial farmers participated. After the survey, a new robotic system architecture is a multi-purpose, adjustable, modular, and affordable robotic platform designed for precision agriculture. A unique feature is added to the design, which helps the robot to adjust by itself based on the row distances and crop heights. The software was designed using the Fusion 360, and simulation is carried out in GAZEBO and Robot Operating System (ROS). 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Raut R.S.; Mahanta G.B.; Rout A.; Pattanayak S.K.; Biswal B.B.
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol-342, pp. 915-927.
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Raut R.S., NIT Silchar, Assam, 788010, India; Mahanta G.B., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chennai Campus, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 6001103, India; Rout A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Pattanayak S.K., NIT Silchar, Assam, 788010, India; Biswal B.B., Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, 769008, India