PESTICIDE SPRAYING ROBOT: THE MECHATRONICS APPROACH TO AGRICULTURE

Herbicides, nematicides, molluscicides, rodenticides, fungicides, insecticides, and other pesticides are all classified as pesticides. Pesticides were designed to kill specific organisms such as insects, pests, rodents, fungi, and so on, but they cause serious harm to human neurological systems and tissues. Pesticides used in Asia accounts for 50% of all pesticide manufacturing worldwide. After China and Turkey, India is the third-largest pesticide consumer in Asia [1]. Pesticides have a significant impact on farmers' health since they frequently come into contact with pesticides and there is currently no way to protect them. They are extremely harmful and should be banned immediately, but pest infestation and agricultural destruction will have a disastrous effect on the population of the country. This would not be a good choice in a situation where India's ranking on the global hunger index is constantly declining, but there is a need to identify alternative solutions. Our proposed project involves the use of robots to automate pesticide spraying tasks across a wide area using the Internet of Things. With the help of the Internet of Things, the robotic device is navigated, controlled, and trained to spray insecticide on plants. As a result, farmers are protected from the effects of pesticides as the physical presence of a human is not present in this scenario. The spray robot has the worldwide coverage of information update and video multicast, additional MQ-135 Air Quality Sensors provide many advantages compared to conventional pesticide spraying robots.