A SMART SELF-ASSEMBLED SEED SOWING ROBOT USING ESP32 MICROCONTROLLER

Abstract

This research presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a seed-sowing robot, a precision agricultural device for mitigating the limitations of manual sowing methods and increase farming efficiency. A review of the available literature on the subject has identified shortcomings of the traditional seed-planting method, including stress on the seedlings, operator fatigue, and irregular inter-seed spacing. The focus of this study is the design and development of the robotic seed planter, including its hardware and software components. The paper's methodology includes the design of the robot's wheels and chassis, the sensors, the microcontroller connections, and the mechanism for seed dispersal. The software section of the research used a simple custom C++ program. The experimental design has been made to test the system. The accuracy of the seeds being planted has been measured as the deviation from the ideal spacing, and the results show an average of 98.5%. Additionally, the robotic method is faster than the traditional method. Overall, the paper on the seed-sowing robot has demonstrated the capabilities of the robot in the field of agricultural robotics, as the results show the robot has achieved high performance in the accuracy of the seeds being planted and has also demonstrated the capabilities of the robot in being more efficient in the completion of the task in much less time.