IRJET- Automatic Seed Sowing Robot

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Automatic Seed Sowing Robot
Vidya Yedave1, Punam Bhosale2, Jyoti Shinde3, Prof. Jagdish Hallur4
1,2,3Studentof Graduation, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, SVERI’s College of
Engineering, Pandharpur, Solapur University, Solapur, 413255, Maharashtra, India.
4Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, SVERI’s College of Engineering,
Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India.
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Abstract – Agriculture is a most important field in life of
human being. It is a backbone of our country economy system.
In this project work we have focused on seed sowing processes
and tried to solve the problem. In seed sowing machinesystem
we have used battery powered wheels, dc motor inbuilt in
these wheels and Arduino Uno is used forcontroltheall system
process. When the seeds are empty it detects the level of
storage seed and indicates with the help of LED. When any
obstacle comes in-front of machine or divert path the seed
sowing machine can detect the obstacle very easily with the
help of IR sensor. In each complete rotation of rotating wheel
there is seeds falls from this seed drum andtheseedplantation
process can take place smoothly as well as without wastageof
seeds. The end of system machine reached and it create alarm
or indicate the LED. This system provides all the facility which
can work efficiently.
Keywords: Atmega328, Arduino Uno, battery operated
wheels, IR Sensor.
1. INTRODUCTION
As we know backbone of our country is agriculture.Recently
numbers of changes are happeninginagriculturetechnology
like ploughing, seeding, fertilizing, weeding, harvesting,
spraying etc. For developing our economical condition it is
necessary to increase our agricultural productivity and
quality also. Out of them Seed plantation is one of the most
important and day-to-day jobofthefarmers. Withthehelpof
automation the work becomes easy and errorless. Robots
small sized wheels performs well, the lightweight of the
robots do not compact the soil.
1.1. Existing System
The conventional method for seeding is manual one but
manually seed filling method suffers from variousproblems.
Conventional techniques depend on human power and old
techniques; it requires more time and more efforts. Humans
need rest, they may not be able to work in hazardous
environments also large sizedwheelsrequiredinmuddy soil
it may be compact the soil. In agriculture we require skilled
man power. Need of man power can be accomplished by
automating the process of soil loosening and sowing seed by
robot. So conventional system suffer fromvarious problems.
The main aim of our project is to reduce the human effort,
time requirement and to increase accuracy of the seed
sowing project design.
1.2. Proposed System
The proposed method consists of the system whichprovides
fast soil loosening, sowing seed and robot moves forward in
automatic mode. Hereinmanual moderobotmovesforward,
backward, left, right by remote for this RF module is used.
The 12v battery is used for giving power supply to system.
The Arduino Uno is used to operate the motor drivers.
The DC motor is used in the robot applications. Here we can
use L293D driver motor for control two motors. The
L293D motor driver is used to control two motors in
both directions. The left and right side motors are used to
drive the motor from turn leftandturn right.Themechanical
set up used to loosening the soil and sowing seed.
2. LITERATURE SURVEY
Table -1: Literature Survey Overview
Sr.
No
Title Methodology Remark
1
Design and
implement-
ation of
seeding
agricultura-l
Robot.
This system is
controlled by
microcontroller
assembly.
This paper is
mainly based on
minimizing man
power and costof
the equipment,
which can be
affordable to all
farmers.
2
Seed Sowing
Using
Robotics
Technolog-y.
A)Electric
Assembly
Design.
B)Mechanical
Assembly
Design
The mode of
operation of this
machine is very
simple even to
the lay man.
3
Seed Sowing
Robot.
This is an
Electromechani
cal: Wireless
control of
automated
The seeds have
been sowed in a
proper sequence
which results in
proper

guided machine germination of
seeds.
4
Agriculture
Seed Sowing
Equipments:
A Review.
The
microcontroller
is used to
control and
monitor the
process of
system motion
of vehicle
By using
innovative seed
sowing
equipments we
can save more
time required for
seeding process.
5 Design and
Developme-
nt of
Automatic
Seed Sowing
Machine.
Autonomous
agriculture
system is
controlled by
microcontroller
assembly.
In each complete
rotation of
rotating Wheel
there is seeds
falls from this
seed drum and
seed plantation
process taken
place.
3. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Architecture of system gives overall idea of the project and
how system components are connected to each other and
perform there role of work in this project. Arduino Uno is
main technology used in this project. A 12V power supply is
provided and passed through regulator so that it can be
converted to 3.3v and provided to Arduino Uno. The input
given as embedded ‘C’ Code to Arduino device which is
interface with L293D motor driver IC and the output from
this is given to motor. The motors are connected to wheels
which moves the robot and seed plantation process is done.
Block Diagram:
Fig.a: Block dia. of proposed system.
4. TECHNOLOGY USED
4.1. Arduino Uno:
Arduino Uno is the heart of system which is connected with
all the sensors and other hardware assembly required to
achieve the desire work. The features of Arduino Uno that it
is a small, complete, and breadboardfriendlyboardbased on
the ATmega328.The ATmega368 has 32 KB of flashmemory
for storing code in which 2 KB is used for the bootloader.
The ATmega368 has 2 KB of SRAM and 1 KB of EEPROM.Itis
low cost and easily available controller. All the software
programming is written in Arduino IntegratedDevelopment
Environment (IDE). Arduino IDE is open-source software
which makes it easy to write code and upload it to the
Arduino board. It runs on the Windows, Mac OS X, and
Linux. Interrupts are used in programming to make system
more effective and respond to changes accordingly.
4.2. Arduino IDE software
IDE stands for integrated development environment. It is a
computer program that encompasses the tools required by
programmers to develop software. Commonelementsfound
in an IDE include a source code editor, compiler, builder and
debugger. Programmers use IDEs over simple text editors
because of the convenience they provide when writingcode.
Examples of IDEs include Visual Studio Express,Eclipseand
Net Beans. Every IDE has its unique features and benefits,
along with their own drawbacks.IDEshavespecificlanguage
support, with some being limited to only one programming
language. They also vary according to the different kinds of
software development, such as mobile, web and desktop.
5. Expected Result
By putting the seed and fertilizer in rows at desired depth
and seed to seed spacing, cover the seeds with soil and
provide proper compaction over the seed. The
recommended seed to seed spacing and depth of seed
placement is varying from crop to crop and for different
agro-climate conditions to achieve optimum yields.
Fig. System Model

The distance between two crops of different seeds:
Table 2.Different seeds and Distance
6. Conclusion
In each complete rotation of rotating wheel there is
seeds falls from this seed drum and seed plantation
process taken place smoothly and without wastage of
seeds. The sowing disc is rotate in the seed chamber,
the seeds are falls in the seed chamber through seed
storage tank. The seed buckets are collect the seeds
from the chamber and it sow in the ground as required
depth with the help of plough. Also the any obstacle
comes in front of seed sowing machine the IR sensor
are detect that obstacle and indicate the buzzer.
7. Future Scope
The project can be improved with reference to the
number of arms we are using in order to sow the seed.
We can extend up to 6 or 8 rows at a time. This reduces
the time required for seed sowing. The system can be
further modified by one or many systems can be
monitored through GSM system.
References:
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Innovative Research and Solutions (JIRAS)”, A unit of UIIRS
Volume No.1, Issue No.1, Page No:138-143, July- 2015.
[2] Swati D. Sambare, S. S. Belsare, “Seed Sowing Using
Robotics Technology” International Journal of scientific
research and management (IJSRM) Volume no.3, Issue-5,
May-2015.
[3]bdulrahman, Mangesh Koli, Umesh Kori,
Ahmadakbar,“SeedSowing Robot”, International Journal of
Computer Science Trends and Technology (IJCST) – Volume
5 Issue 2, Mar-Apr 2017 .
[4] Ms. Trupti A.Shinde, Dr. Jayashree. S. Awati,“ Design and
Development of Automatic Seed Sowing Machine”, SSRG
International Journal of Electronics and Communication
Engineering - (ICRTESTM) - Special Issue – April 2017 .
[5] D.Ramesh, H.P. Girishkumar, “Agriculture Seed Sowing
Equipments: A Review”, International Journal of Science,
Engineering and Technology Research (IJSETR), Volume 3,
Issue 7, April-2017.

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