DocumentCode
3159256
Title
Agribot — A multipurpose agricultural robot
Author
Gollakota, Akhila ; Srinivas, M.B.
Author_Institution
Birla Inst. of Technol. & Sci., Hyderabad, India
fYear
2011
fDate
16-18 Dec. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
India Conference (INDICON), 2011 Annual IEEE
Conference_Location
Hyderabad
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1110-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/INDCON.2011.6139624
Filename
6139624
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