Design and fabrication of smart seed sowing robot

In agriculture, there is a need for a technology that is more easily understood, implemented and used by the farmers. Equipment that requires less human effort and time with less cost of implementation is much required for success in the agricultural industry. Seed sowing robot is a device that helps in the sowing of seeds in the desired position hence assisting the farmers in saving time and money. Seed sowing is one of the main processes of farming activities. It requires a substantial amount of human efforts and also time-consuming. This project aims to design and fabrication of the smart seed sowing robot for the mentioned task. This smart seed sowing robot consists of one robotic arm to sow the seeds from the seeds container. The robot arm is controlled through the mobile application to get the desired positions of the arm. Once all the positions are set, the arm sows the seed automatically after the switching button ON. The wheel of the robot also controlled through the mobile application. Thus, this system completely automates the seed sowing process using a smartly designed mechanical system. This robot reduces the efforts and the total cost of sowing as the seeds. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.