Citation:

Imran Miah, Selim Sultan, Jigdrel Wangchuk, Savitha R, 2023. "Development of Solar Power Agriculturally Based Fruit Picking Robot" ESP Journal of Engineering & Technology Advancements  3(1): 51-56.

Abstract:

Fruit harvesting has shown to be a substantial obstacle to both market and production during the harvest season. Because hand-picking involves so much labor and time, it is difficult to fully satisfy the urgent demands of each market, especially given the recent human resources and aging issues in agriculture. The farmer can be helped to pick the fruits quickly and effectively by a fruit-picking robot that is based in agriculture. Solar power design and development are included in this project. In addition to having an arm that aids in picking desired fruits, the robot has four wheels, and each wheel uses an L-type DC motor. Batteries that are charged by solar panels are connected to motors. A Raspberry Pi serves as the central controller of this robot. It takes information from the camera and ultrasonic sensors. A mobile or desktop application can be used to control the whole system. It supplies electricity with environmentally friendly solar panels.

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Keywords:

Solar Panel, Battery, DC Motor, Picking Robot, Computer Vision, Agricultural.