The hydroponic plants care robots

Abstract

This research has been developing to learn about automation. Design the Robot that can use for Agriculture. Especially the plants are grown within hydroponics by applying knowledge in programming to make an image processing system to analyze the growth of plants in hydroponic plots. In addition, we can use appropriate design capabilities, take a low cost, durable, easy to maintain, and spare parts that can be easy to purchase.

We have collected data to analyze growth by comparing the percentage per area that a camera can capture. Including considers about worthiness when replacing with human labor. The hydroponic plants care robots are able to work 24 hours per day to support the labor shortage that makes them decrease every year. This may cause for agricultural products lack of market and low-standard quality. Therefore, the agriculture price is high, because it eliminated.

The results showed that the working speed of the robot was slower than human labor at 29.55%. (Compared with humans walking around plants) But it can take care of plants more thoroughly. By experimenting with the plants on the rails only 3 positions, running round trip, the total distance is 0.65 meters. So it can process the rate of plant growth precisely 86.67% on average. (Test in Kale) The robot can moves on rails in the laboratory with an average time of 3 minutes 19 seconds or speed 0.392 meters/minute.