Design and Development of Low Cost IoT Harvesting Robo-Vec

The harvesting robot prototype is designed to be both efficient and cost effective. It primarily consists of an autonomous vehicle, a manipulator with four degrees of freedom (DOF), an end-effector, sensors, a vision system, and a control system. This harvesting robot's mechanical structure will be

Project Title

Design and Development of Low Cost IoT Harvesting Robo-Vec

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

The harvesting robot prototype is designed to be both efficient and cost effective. It primarily consists of an autonomous vehicle, a manipulator with four degrees of freedom (DOF), an end-effector, sensors, a vision system, and a control system. This harvesting robot's mechanical structure will be self-developed.The mobile vehicle was chosen as a crawler-type mobile platform. it is equipped with power supply, electronic components for data gathering and control, and the manipulator with the end-effector for cutting the fruit were all carried in it. The mobile vehicle's autonomous navigation was aided by the deployment of global positioning system (GPS) technology.

Its operation is a large-scale random distribution with many barriers along its path. The arbitrary curve fitting function of a joint manipulator with several degrees of freedom. When the end-effector reaches the object location, it is thus simple to avoid impediments by manipulating the matching joints. As a result, a manipulator harvesting robot with 4 DOF structure to be mounted on autonomous mobile vehicle will be designed. The first DOF will be utilized for 360-degree rotation (Shoulder), while the other two DOF will be used for ankle and wrist rotation.The functioning and biological properties of the target object determine the end-effector mechanism. The harvesting robot's main operation objects are spherical fruits like tomatoes. The biological properties of spherical fruit, which are harvested by cutting off the stem, will be used to design a spoon-shaped end-effector. A gripper to hold the fruit and an electric cutting device to separate the fruit from the stem will include in the end-effector.

Project Objectives

• The main objective of this project is to design and develop a machine that can assist and help human.
• The prototype will automate slow, repetitive and dull tasks for farmers, allowing them to focus more on improving overall production yields
• Increased labor efficiency and decreased cost
• Reduced food wastage and increased yields
• Increased financial sustainability
• 24-hour conistent harvesting
• Increase speed, consistency and overall performance while lowering labor costs.

Project Implementation Method

Project will be implemented by using the following method 
Research on components, simulations, testing and validation. 

Benefits of the Project

• Agriculture:
      Harvesting will require less manpower, and mechanical harvesting may do serious damage to the fruits, however this harvesting robot can harvest without causing damage to the fruit.
• Industries:
      This mobile robotic arm, which is trained to harvest , can also be utilized in security, manufacturing, food preparation, customer service, warehousing, pharmaceuticals, and military applications etc.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Prototype will be able to work in wireless mode, it is able to do live video transmission along with photo capturing option. It is also able to move in all direction ( Up, down, left, right). The structure will be designed in such a way that it can work on rough surfaces. Robotic Arm is placed with the aim of grapping objects, furthermore details regardings equipments can be seen in budget section.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Telecommunication

Other Industries

Medical , Agriculture , Food , Energy , Manufacturing , Transportation , Security

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Robotics

Sustainable Development Goals

Decent Work and Economic Growth, Responsible Consumption and Production

Required Resources

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