MECHATRONIC ROBOTIC DEVICE FOR SELF-REGULATING AND PRECISION IRRIGATION USING ROBOTIC OPERATING SYSTEM

Fecha de publicación: 19/03/2021
Fuente: Wipo "precision farming"
ABSTRACT“MECHATRONIC ROBOTIC DEVICE FOR SELF-REGULATING AND PRECISION IRRIGATION USING ROBOTIC OPERATING SYSTEM”Drip irrigation significantly reduces water usage and has been adopted by many farms,with thousands of drip emitters whose water pressure and flow are controlled by a small number of valves resulting in suboptimal use of water resources. We present an autonomous robotic system which aims to improve the situation of the agricultural sector by employing precision agriculture techniques reducing human involvement resulting in increased accuracy of the tasks and consequently an improvement in the agricultural yield. The system entails a mechanical movable structure of a robot that is capable of navigating a farm field and a machine learning module is employed that uses convolutional neural network to detect the presence of weed plants in the field. A spraying mechanism is constructed that is used not only for drip irrigation, saving water, but also to eliminate the detected weeds by spraying herbicides precisely on them. The overall operational support for the system is provided through Robot Operating System.