• 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