IRJET - Bluetooth Controlled Farm Robot

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 07 Issue: 04 | Apr 2020 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
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Bluetooth Controlled Farm Robot
Ajesh A1, Anandhu K S2, Jelvin Raju3, Jerin Saji4
1B.Tech student, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Vijnan Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
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Abstract -Robotics is a fascinating field ofengineeringthat
provides many opportunities for research. In addition, the
evolution of technology in recent years has led to intelligent
mobile robots. They can be sent in hard places instead of
humans either because they are dangerous, either because
they are difficult to access. The control of these robots,
however, is a difficult task that involves knowledgeindifferent
areas such as robotics, automation, programming, electronics,
etc. This project strives to develop a robot capable of
performing operations like automatic ploughing, seed
dispensing, fruit picking and pesticide spraying. For manual
control the robot uses the Bluetooth pairing app as control
device and helps in the navigation of the robot outside the
field. Farmers today spend a lot of money on machines that
help them decrease labor and increase yield of crops but the
profit and efficiency are very less. Hence automation is the
ideal solution to overcome all the shortcomings by creating
machines that perform one operations and automating it to
increase yield on a large scale. Robotics is the branch of
technology that deals with the design, construction, operation,
structural depositions, manufacture andapplicationofrobots.
Robotics brings together several very different engineering
areas and skills. Robotics is related to the science of
electronics, Engineering, mechanics, mechatronics, and
software.
Key Words: Robotics, Farming, Bluetooth, Arduino, DC
motor, Servomotor
1. INTRODUCTION
Robotics is playing a significant role in agricultural
production and management. There is a need for
autonomous and time saving technology in agriculture to
have efficient farm management. The researchers are now
focusing towards different farming operational parameters
to design autonomous agricultural vehicles as the
conventional farm machineries are crop and topological
dependent. Till date the agricultural robots have been
researched and developed principally for harvesting,
chemical spraying, picking fruits and monitoring of crops.
Robots like these are perfect substitute for manpower to a
great extent as they deploy unmanned sensing and
machinery systems. The prime benefits of development of
autonomous and intelligent agricultural robots are to
improve repeatable precision, efficacy, reliability and
minimization of soil compaction and drudgery. The robots
have potential for multitasking, sensory acuity, operational
consistency as well assuitability tooddoperatingconditions.
The study on agricultural robotic system had been done
using model structure design mingled with different
precision farming machineries.
The rapid growth of agricultural crop robotics in the last
decade results from, (a) the convergence of maturing
mechatronics technology, making such automation
technically feasible and, (b) the demand for alternatives to
human labor in crop production. Worldwide, agricultural
workers are difficult to hire and retain. Increasing
environmental and food safety concerns push agriculture to
manage and apply inputs more precisely(Fingeretal.2019).
The engineering side of agricultural robotics has advanced
rapidly (Duckett et al. 2018; Shamshiri et al. 2018), but
understanding of the economic implications has lagged. The
objective of this study is to review the publicly available
research on the economics of crop robotics and identify
research needs and gaps. The results of this study will be of
interest to agricultural researchers, agribusinesses, farmers
and agricultural policy makers.
The characteristics of agricultural robots have been
described by several authors (e.g. Duckett et al. 2018;
Blackmore 2007), but there is no widely agreed definition.
Because the focus of this study is on the economics of
robotics for crop production in open fields, the working
definition of a “field crop robot” for this study was: a mobile,
autonomous, decision making, mechatronic device that
accomplishes crop production tasks (e.g. soil preparation,
seeding, transplanting,weeding,pestcontrol andharvesting)
under human supervision, but without direct human labor.
Mobility is an essential part of the definition because field
crops are typically geographically dispersed in the
landscape. Autonomy is also essential because the field
environment is not entirely controllable. Among the
decisions that a field crop robot might make are
distinguishing a crop plant froma weed,identifyinganinsect
to choose the appropriate pesticide for micro dosing,
choosing ripe fruits or vegetables, and stopping when it
encounters an unknown obstacle.
The general objective of this project is to providea synthesis
of the results of research on the economics of field crop
robotics. The specific objectives were to: a) list and
summarize the publicly available research ontheeconomics
of field crop robotics, b) identify research gaps and needs

related to crop robotics and c) propose research topics that
need urgent attention. This review contributes to science by
summarizing the knowledge that has been accumulated
about the economics of crop robots, suggesting mechanisms
for how those facts fit together, and identifying gaps in the
science. The primary focus of this study is on farm level
profitability because without profitability crop robots will
not be widely used and the expected environmental, social
and food safety benefits will notbeachieved.Environmental,
social and food safety benefits of the potentially profitable
autonomous crop technologies were noted when identified.
The overall hypothesis is that most studies of the economics
of field crop robotics use partial budgeting to focus on
changes in variable cost and consequently there is an urgent
need for a more systematic study of the potential impact of
automation and robotics.
In this the robots are developed to concentrateinanefficient
manner and also it is expected to perform the operations
autonomously. The proposed idea implements the robot to
perform the functions such as planting, irrigation,
fertilization, monitoring a crop. These functions can be
integrated into a single robot and then performed.Therobot
is expected to perform the functions such as planting,
irrigation, fertilization, monitoring, autonomously in the
field.
1.1 Literature Review
The paper number [4] presents a streamlined approach to
future Precision Autonomous Farming (PAF). It focuses on
the preferred specification of the farming systems including
the farming system layout, sensing systems and actuation
units such as tractor-implement combinations. The authors
propose the development of the Precision Farming Data Set
(PFDS) which is formed off-line before the commencement
of the crop cultivation and discusses itsuseinaccomplishing
reliable, cost effective and efficient farming systems. The
work currently is in progress towards the development of
autonomous farming vehicles and the results obtained
through detailedmathematical analysis ofexampleactuation
units.
The reference paper [5] addresses the advanced weed
control system which improves agriculture processes like
weed control, based on robotic platform. They have
developed a robotic vehicle having four wheels and steered
by dc motor. The machine controls the weed in the firm by
considering particular rows per column at fixed distance
depending on crop. The obstacle detection problem has also
been considered, sensed by sensors .the whole algorithm,
calculation, processing, monitoring was designed with
motors &sensors.
The reference paper [6] addresses the current scenario of
the world, as most of the countries do not have sufficient
skilled manpower specifically in agricultural sectoritaffects
the growth of developing countries. So they have made an
effort to automate the agricultural sector to overcome this
problem. An innovative idea of theirproject wastoautomate
the process of sowing crops such as sunflower, baby corn,
groundnut and vegetables like beans, lady’s finger, pumpkin
and pulses like black gram, green gram etc. to reduce the
human effort and increase the yield.Theplantationsofseeds
are automatically done by using DC motor. The distance
between the two seeds are controlled and varied by using
Microcontroller. It is also possibletocultivatedifferentkinds
of seeds with different distance. When the Robotreachesthe
end of the field the direction can be changed with the help of
remote switches. The whole process is controlled by
Microcontroller.
The reference paper [7] addresses the advanced system
which improves agriculture processes like cultivation on
ploughed land, based on robotic platform. They developed a
robotic vehicle having four wheels and steered by DCmotor.
The advanced autonomous system architecture gives the
opportunity to develop a complete new rangeofagricultural
equipment based on small smartmachines.Themachine will
cultivate the farm by considering particular rows and
specific column at fixed distance depending on crop. The
obstacle detection problem will also be considered, sensed
by infrared sensor. The whole algorithm, calculation,
processing, monitoring are designed with motors & sensor
interfaced with microcontroller.Theresultobtainedthrough
example activation unit is also presented.
2. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Arduino Uno
Fig-1: Arduino Uno
Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the
ATmega328P. It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6
can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz
quartz crystal, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP
header and a reset button.

2.1.1 Specifications
 Microcontroller: ATmega328P
 Operating Voltage: 5V
 Input Voltage (recommended): 7-12V
 Input Voltage (limit): 6-20V
 Digital I/O Pins: 14 (of which 6 provide PWM
output)
 PWM Digital I/O Pins: 6
 Analog Input Pins: 6
 DC Current per I/O Pin: 20mA
 DC Current for 3.3V Pin: 50mA
 Flash Memory: 32 KB (ATmega328P) of which 0.5
KB used by boot loader
 SRAM: 2 KB (ATmega328P)
 EEPROM: 1 KB (ATmega328P)
 Clock Speed: 16 MHz
 LED_BUILTIN: 13
 Length: 68.6 mm
 Width: 53.4 mm
 Weight: 25 g
Fig-2: Arduino Uno Pin Configuration
2.2 Bluetooth Module HC-05
The Bluetooth Transceiver HC-05 TTL Module (With EN
Pin)) Breakout is the latest Bluetooth wireless serial cable.
This version of the popular Bluetooth usestheHC-05/HC-06
module. These modemswork asa serial (RX/TX)pipe.HC‐05
module is an easy to use Bluetooth SPP(Serial PortProtocol)
module, designed for transparent wireless serial connection
setup. This serial port Bluetooth module is fully qualified
Bluetooth V2. 0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) 3Mbps
Modulation with complete 2.4GHz radio transceiver and
baseband.
Fig-3: Pin Configuration of HC-05
 Serial Bluetooth module for Arduino and other
microcontrollers
 Operating Voltage: 4V to 6V (Typically +5V)
 Operating Current: 30mA
 Range: <100m
 Works with Serial communication (USART) and
TTL compatible
 Follows IEEE 802.15.1 standardized protocol
 Uses Frequency-Hopping Spread spectrum (FHSS)
 Can operate in Master, Slave or Master/Slave mode
 Can be easily interfaced with Laptop or Mobile
phones with Bluetooth
 Supported baud rate:
9600,19200,38400,57600,115200,230400,460800.
2.3 Motor Driver (L298N)
The L298N Motor Driver Module is a high voltage Dual H-
Bridge manufactured bySTCompany.Itisdesignedtoaccept
standard TTL voltage levels. H-bridge drivers are used to
drive inductive loads that requires forward and reverse
function with speed control such as DC Motors, and Stepper
Motors. It uses the popular L298 motor driver IC and has an
on-board 5V regulator which it can supply to an external
circuit. It can control up to 4 DC motors, or 2 DC motors with
directional and speed control. Motor drivers acts as an
interface between the motors and the control circuits.Motor
require high amount of current whereas the controller
circuit works on low current signals. So the function of
motor drivers is to take a low-current control signal and
then turn it into a higher-current signal that can drive a
motor.

Fig-4: Pin Configuration of L298N Motor Driver Module
 Motor driver: L298N
 Motor channels: 2
 Maximum operating voltage: 46V
 Peak output current per channel: 2A
 Minimum logic voltage: 4.5V
 Maximum logic voltage: 7V
2.4 DC Gear Motor
Fig-5: 12V DC Gear Motor
This is 12V DC motor which has a gearbox of 45mm
diameter. The planetary type gearbox of this motor has a
metal gears and a centre shaft. The Shaft of the motor is
loaded with bearing for wear resistance and smooth
operation. 300RPM 12V Johnson, high torque DC geared
motors is used for robotics applications. It gives a massive
torque of 9Kgcm. The motor comes with metal gearbox and
off-centered shaft.
 300RPM 12V DC motors with Metal Gearbox
and Metal Gears.
 6mm diameter shaft with M3 thread hole.
 Gearbox diameter 40 mm.
 Motor Diameter 28.5 mm.
 Length 63 mm without shaft.
 Shaft length 30mm.
 180gm weight.
 9.06kgcm Holding Torque.
 No-load current = 800 mA, Load current = up
to 7.5 A (Max).
 Recommended to be used with DC Motor
Driver 20A or Dual DC Motor Driver 20A.
2.5 Servo Motor SG90
A servomotor is a rotary actuator or linear actuator that
allows for precise control of angular or linear position,
velocity and acceleration. It consists of a suitable motor
coupled to a sensor for position feedback. Servomotors are
used in applications such as robotics, CNC machinery or
automated manufacturing.
SG90 1.2kgCm 180 Degree Rotation Servo Motor rotates 90°
in each direction making it 180° servo motor. It is a Digital
Servo Motor whichreceives andprocessesPWMsignal faster
and better. The TowerPro SG90 9g Mini Servo is 180°
rotation servo. It is a Digital Servo Motor which receives and
processes PWM signal faster and better. It equips
sophisticated internal circuitry that provides good torque,
holding power, and faster updates in response to external
forces.
A servomotor is a closed-loop servomechanism that uses
position feedback to control its motion and final position.
The input to its control is a signal (either analogueordigital)
representing the position commanded for the output shaft.
The motor is paired with some type of position encoder to
provide position and speed feedback. In the simplest case,
only the position is measured. The measured position of the
output is compared to the command position, the external
input to the controller. If the output position differs from
that required, an error signal is generatedwhichthencauses
the motor to rotate in either direction,asneededtobring the
output shaft to the appropriate position. As the positions
approach, the error signal reduces to zero and the motor
stops.
The very simplest servomotors useposition-onlysensing via
a potentiometer and bang-bang control of their motor; the
motor always rotates at full speed (or is stopped). This type
of servomotor is not widely used in industrial motion
control, but it forms the basis of the simple and cheapservos
used for radio-controlled models.

More sophisticated servomotors use optical rotaryencoders
to measure the speed of the output shaft[2] and a variable-
speed drive to control the motor speed.[3] Both of these
enhancements, usually in combination with a PID control
algorithm, allow the servomotor to be brought to its
commanded position more quickly and more precisely,with
less overshooting.
Fig-6: Servomotor SG90
Table -1: Description about Wires of Servomotor SG90
Wire Number Wire Color Description
1 Brown
Ground wire
connected to the
ground of
system
2 Red
Powers the
motor typically
+5V is used
3 Orange
PWM signal is
given in through
this wire to
drive the motor
 Operating Voltage is +5V typically
 Torque: 2.5kg/cm
 Operating speed is 0.1s/60°
 Rotation: 0°-180°
 Weight of motor: 9gm
3. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
3.1 Bluetooth Electronics
Control your electronic project with an Android device. This
app communicates using Bluetooth to an HC-06 or HC-05
Bluetooth module in your project. Since version 1.2 of the
app, it will now also communicate to Bluetooth low energy
modules such as the HC-08 and via USB-serial connection.
This app comes with a library containing 11 Bluetooth
examples for Arduino. See the electronics pageforexamples.
It can also be used with Raspberry Pi or any other rapid
prototyping system in which you have included a suitable
Bluetooth module to your project.
• Ideal for learning electronics in a fun way.
• Ideal for rapid prototyping a new idea.
• Ideal for exhibiting your project.
Some electronics skills required.RequiresanAndroiddevice
with Bluetooth capability enabled. Large selection of
controls available including buttons, switches, sliders, pads,
lights, gauges, terminals, accelerometers and graphs, Drag
and drop them onto the panel grid. Then edit their
properties. 20 customizable panelsavailable.Import/Export
panels to share them. Discover, Pair and connect to
Bluetooth devices. Then click Run to use the panel.
Fig-7: Developed App Page
3.2 Arduino Uno IDE
The ArduinoIntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE) isa
cross-platform application (for Windows, mac OS, Linux)
that is written in functions from C and C++. It is usedtowrite
and upload programs to Arduino compatible boards, but
also, with the help of 3rd party cores, other vendor
development boards.
The source code for the IDE is released under the GNU
General Public License, version 2. The Arduino IDE supports
the languages C and C++ using special rules of code
structuring. The Arduino IDE supplies a software library
from the Wiring project, which provides many common
input and output procedures. User-written code only
requires two basic functions, for starting the sketch and the
main program loop, that are compiled and linked with a
program stub main() into an executable cyclic executive
program with the GNU tool chain, also included with theIDE
distribution. The Arduino IDEemploystheprogramavrdude
to convert the executable code into a text file in hexadecimal
encoding that is loaded into the Arduino board by a loader
program in the board's firmware.

In October 2019 the Arduino organization began providing
early access to a new Arduino Pro IDE with debugging and
other advanced features.
3.2.1 Developed Program
#include<Servo.h>
#include<SoftwareSerial.h>
SoftwareSerial Nerial(11,12);
{
int servoPin = 10;
int IN1 = 2;
int IN2 = 3;
int IN3 = 4;
int IN4 = 5;
int IN5 = 6;
int IN6 = 7;
char Incoming_value = 0;
Servo Servo1;
boolean seed = false;
boolean direct = true;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Nerial.begin(9600);
pinMode(IN1, OUTPUT);
Servo1.attach(servoPin);
Servo1.write(180);
}
void loop() {
if(Nerial.available() > 0) {
Incoming_value = Nerial.read();
// Code for Direction control of RC
if(direct) {
if(Incoming_value == 'F') {
digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'B') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'K') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'J') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'R') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'L') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'M') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'N') {
}
else
digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
}
}
else {
if(Incoming_value == 'F') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'B') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'K') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'J') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'R') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'L') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'M')
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'N') {
}
else {
}
}
// Code for Pump
if(Incoming_value == 'C') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'c') {
}

// Code for Pump
if(Incoming_value == 'D') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'd') {
}
// Code for Grass Cutter Module
if(Incoming_value == 'A') {
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'a') {
}
// Code for Seeding Module
if(Incoming_value == 'E') {
Servo1.write(90);
delay(1000);
Servo1.write(180);
delay(1000);
}
// Code for Setting Direction of RC
if(Incoming_value == 'W') {
direct = false;
}
else if(Incoming_value == 'w') {
direct = true;
}
}
Incoming_value = 0;
}
3.3 Autodesk Fusion 360
Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software
corporation that makes software services for the
architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing,
media, education, and entertainment industries.Autodesk is
headquartered in San Rafael, California, and features a
gallery of its customers' work in its San Francisco building.
The company has offices worldwide.
The company was founded in 1982 byJohnWalker,whowas
a co-author of the first versions ofAutoCAD.AutoCAD,which
is the company's flagship computer-aided design (CAD)
software and Revit software areprimarilyused byarchitects,
engineers, and structural designers to design, draft, and
model buildings andotherstructures.Autodesk softwarehas
been used in many fields, and on projects from the One
World Trade Centre to Tesla electric cars.
Autodesk became best known for AutoCAD, but now
develops a broad range of software for design, engineering,
and entertainment—and a line of software for consumers,
including Sketchbook. The manufacturing industry uses
Autodesk's digital prototyping software—including
Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, and the Autodesk Product
Design Suite—to visualize, simulate, and analyse real-world
performance using a digital model in the design process.
Fig-8: Developed Design
4. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
4.1 Working
Fig-9: Interface Block Diagram
 Mainly works with the help of an Arduino platform
and Bluetooth module.
 Consists of mobile application controls with
Bluetooth interface.
 A motor is used to rotate a blade to cut the weeds.
 A coupled wheel is used so that it can travel easily
 A pesticide pump is placed on one side and water
pump on other side.
 A servomotor is used to drop seeds.
This is an agricultural-based robot. In this robot, we are
using the L293DN IC motor driver that operates the robot
forward, backward, right side and left side. A motor is used
rotate a blade to cut the weeds. It also consist of waterpump
for watering. A servomotor is used that helps to drop the
seeds. All the instructions are given through Bluetooth
controlled android application.

Fig-10: Robot Built for Agriculture
5. CONCLUSIONS
An initial outcome of this study indicates that most of these
systems that which work autonomously are more flexible
than traditional systems. The benefits of reduction in labor
costs and restrictions on the number of daily working hours
significantly improved. Thus it has made possible to
automate the most significant working routines. The project
presents a low cost, low power & simple system for device
control. This system will have high application in farming,
gardening and Agro University.
By implementing this system, agricultural, horticultural
lands, gardens can be irrigated. Thus, this system is cheaper
and efficient when compared to other type of automation
system. In large scale applications, high sensitivity sensors
can be implemented for large areas of agricultural lands.
Thereby reducing the stress on farmers.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Ajesh A is currently B.Tech final
year student of Abdul Kalam
Technological University. He is
interested in coding program and
robotics
Anandhu K S is currently B.Tech
final year student of Abdul Kalam
interested in designing and
program coding
Jelvin Raju is currently B.Techfinal
interested in electronics and
program coding
Jerin Saji is currently B.Tech final
interested in mechanics and
automation

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