Camarines Sur National

High School

Autonomous Infrared Micronutrients - Monitoring

Farming Robot in Agriculture

In partial fulfillments of the requirements for

Research IV

Research Teacher:
Ma’am Rhea SB. Samino

Student Researchers:
Kristopher Benedict B. Macalla
Angel Faith R. Zamora
Zoe Althea S. Santilleces
Kim Joshua A. San Jose
Adrian F. Abad
RATIONALE:

INTRODUCTION

Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic sector. The automation in agriculture is the

main concern and the emerging subject across the world. The population is increasing

tremendously and with this increase the demand of food and employment is also increasing. The

traditional methods which were used by the farmers, were not sufficient enough to fulfill these

requirements. Thus, new automated methods were introduced. These new methods satisfied the

food requirements and also provided employment opportunities to billions of people. Artificial

Intelligence in agriculture has brought an agriculture revolution. This technology has protected

the crop yield from various factors like the climate changes, population growth, employment

issues and the food security problems.

Since the cultivated land resources are limited, and acquiring new ones is correlated with

degradation of ecosystems, reduction of forests, climate changes, and risks of new pandemic

breakouts, as well as degradation of soil properties due to inappropriate cultivation and

treatment, there is an urgent need to improve soil treatment, to increase yield in a sustainable

manner. The best approach that will enable farming to become more efficient in a sustainable

way and reduce the production costs at the same time, is to provide an efficient supply of

nutrients and water.

Precision agriculture, smart farming, and automated agricultural technology have emerged as

promising methodologies for increasing crop productivity without sacrificing produced quality.

The emergence of various robotics technologies has facilitated the application of these

techniques in agricultural processes.

The emerging technologies have helped the best selection of the crops and even have improved

the selection of hybrid seed choices which are best suited for farmer's needs. It has implemented

by understanding how the seeds react to various weather conditions, different soil types. By

collecting this information, the chances of plant diseases are reduced. Now we are able to meet

the market trends, yearly outcomes, consumer needs, thus farmers are efficiently able to

maximize the return on crops.

OBJECTIVE:

1. To identify the possible applications of robotics to the various Farming task.

2. To specify robot requirements necessary for performance of these task.

3. To outline a procedure for detailed planning and evaluation of robotic application to

performance of the desired activities.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBEM:

Generally, this study aims to construct an autonomous farming robot that shall monitor soil
micronutrient content.
Specifically, it will focus on the following objectives:
1. To explore the capability of the constructed farming robot in terms of:
a. Micronutrient Data log accuracy
b. Data Generation Rate
c. Energy Consumption
2. To compare the capability of the micronutrient monitoring farming robot to the standard
manual micronutrient monitoring method
3. To determine if there are significant differences in the capabilities of the two soil
micronutrient-monitoring systems

HYPOTHESIS:

By using the farming robot in Agriculture, the farmers would be able to determine whether the

soil is nutritious for the growth of the crops and also to detect pests.

ENGINEERING GOAL:

EXPECTED OUTCOME:

The farming robot would be able to help the farmers to determine the micronutrients that a

specific area of soil that would help them grow their crops faster and healthier. The Farming

Robot could also detect the pest (snail) in the form of thermal energy
PROCEDURES:

1.
2. Acquisition of 3. Constructing
Conceptualization
materials the robot
of the design

4. Programming
6. Data gathering 5. Tests and trials
the robot

8. Refining the
7. Data analysis
design
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: This study is importance for the reason it plays an

imperative role increases quality of the yield because most micronutrients act as cofactors in

various enzymes taking part in the various metabolic activities of the plant like protein

metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthetic rate. essential to meeting increasing

demand for safe and nutritious food in a sustainable way. While growing demand for food, feed,

fuel and fibre presents significant opportunities for agriculture, government policies must address

challenges such as increasing productivity growth, enhancing environmental sustainability,

including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving adaptation and resilience in the

face of climate change and other unforeseen shocks.

RISK AND SAFETY: The Researchers must abide the following rules it includes the potential

danger on constructing a robot the main hazards are: human errors, control errors, unauthorized

access, mechanical failures, environmental sources, power system and improper installation, so

the Researchers made a safety guideline on the following rules.

 The Researchers should take the necessary precautions alerting the operator that regular

tests on all protective structures need to be completed. Detailed directions on how to

operate these tests should be provided. Unauthorized change of adapters, over speed the

engine or rotating driveline is prohibited. The maintenance should be carried out by

service experts. Resetting only a single button shall be unfeasible. A more complex reset

procedure shall be applied to prevent from harmful situations. The target of this

requirement is that a simple restart procedure shall not be feasible to solve any arbitrary
 condition preventing an operator from pushing by mistake a restart button and, as a result,

an inappropriate or disoriented start-up most probable leading to an accident.

 The restart position shall be tested for its appropriate performance, proper calibration and

maintenance. An emergency stop shall be embedded and tested that remains functional

preventing any hazardous condition. Make sure stops will not result in a crushing and the

embedded pressure safety button will be start if the robot exceeds its limits because of

wrong operator command, malfunction in mechanics or bug in software. Detailed

directions to the farmer shall be given in order to be able to constantly gather data and

guidelines on line.

 The Researchers should check the farming robot procedure naming manual stop, control

of user presence and station, manual controller and drive speed. Post-manufacture check

of the full-scale system, about its maximum, minimum, optimal speed and settings,

start/end points, path exceptional accuracy, time, save fuel or efficacy criteria, dead

distance.

 The Researchers will ask for help in case any abnormal or disoriented movement

observed. Any possible interference shall not lead to loss of calibration or changing

direction with no progress. The safety buttons, controllers, and sensors should pass

dynamic tests and validated that they are in a good condition.

 The Researchers should have an emergency equipment like fire extinguisher and basic

first aid kit. Make sure the area is dry and clean. Always ensure all the tools are properly

place in the area.

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