VIVA-Tech International Journal for Research and Innovation Volume 1, Issue 5 (2022)

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VIVA Institute of Technology
10th National Conference on Role of Engineers in Nation Building – 2022 (NCRENB-2022)

Smartphone Operated Multifunctional Farming Vehicle

Raj Bhoir1, Hitesh Dingore2, Hrutik Gharat3, Aditya Jadhav4
1
(EXTC, Viva Institute of Technology/Mumbai University, India)
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(EXTC, Viva Institute of Technology/Mumbai University, India)
3
(EXTC, Viva Institute of Technology/Mumbai University, India)
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(EXTC, Viva Institute of Technology/Mumbai University, India)

Abstract : Many advances in technology have made the agriculture business a much less labor intensive
industry. If we think back even only few years, farmers were just beginning to incorporate technologies into
their farming techniques. When we take a look at the farming industry now, we can see that this is rapidly
changing. Farmers are looking for new ways to implement technology to cut costs and reduce labor hours.The
battery powered Smartphone operated Multifunctional Farming vehicle is something that is very new to the
agriculture industry. Multifunctional robots are rapidly becoming more of a reality than an idea. When the
Vehicle is moving on a surface, it is controlled by a WiFi technology based Mobile Application. This can be
moved forward and reverse direction using geared motors. Also this vehicle can take sharp turnings towards
left and right directions. Vehicle can able to do Seed sowing operation with the help of servo motor mechanism.
And watering operation is done by high dc pump motor. Water sprinkler and pesticide sprayer added
advantages in it. This project uses Arduino ATMEGA328 controller board to control all the operation.
Keywords – Arduino uno, Multifunctional, Seed Sowing, Pesticide spray, WIFI technology

I. INTRODUCTION
As we all know the main requirement in the agriculture industry is man power. So the main objective
of our project is to reduce the need of man power. The agriculture sector is the one where not only number of
labours is required but also they must have the required skill set for farming. Need of labours can be accomplish
by automating the process of seed sowing, ploughing and water spraying by using Smartphone operated vehicle.
The “Seed plantation , ploughing and watering” is one of the most important and day-to-day job of the farmers.
Conventional method suffers from various problems. The main aim of our project is to reduce the human effort,
time requirement and to increased accuracy of this battery operated Smart Multifunctional Farming Vehicle
(Robot) project. When the vehicle is moving on a surface, it is controlled by a WiFi technology based mobile
application. This can be moved forward and reverse direction using geared motors. The robot can move towards
left and right directions using these geared motors. WiFi Module is used which converts the desired frequency
into analog signals which is received by WiFi Decoder and given to Arduino. The Arduino microcontroller is
used for controlling the vehicle according to the frequency received by the WiFi receiver. This project uses
Ardiuno ATMega328 Microcontroller and comprises of performing seeding , watering, pesticide spraying
mechanisms with WiFi decoder commands. whole system is powered through battery source.

II. LITERATURE REVIEW

We have searched and read different papers from Internet and other sources and also we have referred
other conference papers to gather more information which would help us in designing and developing our
project.

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Table.1
Sr.no Title Authors Methodology
Sensor And Palepu V. Santhi, This paper presents the proposed sensor and vision based
1 Vision Based Nelore Kapileswar, agricultural robot for sowing seeds. This prototype can
Autonomous Vijay K. R. navigate it on any agricultural land and perform seed sowing
Agribot For Chenchela,Venkata operation simultaneously. This paper also presents the
Sowing Seeds Siva Prasad proposed sensor based precision seed metering and sowing
mechanism. The proposed robot is a micro planter whose
primary task would be to sow seeds at prefixed seeding
intervals in the field.
Smart M.Arun, R.Prathipa, The Purpose of this preseted paper is to refuce the load of the
Priyanka S, Akshaya
2 Agriculture farmers ,this smart farming technique can enhance the crop
Anand, Chandrika
Robot yield while simultaneously can generate more output with
same amount of input.

Design and Amruta Sulakhe, This paper emphatically describes the structural design of the
3 operation of M.N. Karanjkar robot control system. this paper present a review of current
agriculture robots controlled by mobile phone and discuss a closed loop
based pesticide control systems using audio channels of mobile devices. In
Spraying robot this work, the robot moves upward, backward, left and right
side by the android application such as Arduino Bluetooth RC
Car.The microcontroller to be used in the project is PIC
16F877 from Microchip family.

Precision Neha S. Naik, In this proposed paper they approach a prototype of an

4 Agriculture Virendra V. shete, autonomous Agriculture Robot which is specifically designed
Robot for Shruti danve for seed sowing task. It is four wheeled vehicle which is
Seeding controlled by LPC2148 Microcontroller. It also provides
Function manual control when required. The main component here is
the microcontroller that supervises the entire process

Multipurpose B S Balaji, The paper aims on the design, development and the
5 Agricultural Shivakumara M fabrication of the robot which can dig the soil and sprayer to
Robot C,Sunil Y S, spray water, these whole systems of the robot
Yamuna A S, works with the battery and the solar power. The vehicle is
Shruthi M controlled by Relay switch through IR sensor input.
The language input allows a user to interact with the robot
which Is familiar to most of the people. The advantages of
these robots are hands-free and fast data input operations. The
base frame is made for the robot with 4 wheels connected and
driven the rear wheel is dc motor.
Agricultural Ashutosh B. The system proposes a brand new attempt to substitute
Pesticide Adhav, humans in diverse agricultural operations like detection of the
6 Spraying Vivek Jagtap, presence of pests, spraying of pesticides, spraying of
Robotic Rushabh r. fertilizers, etc. thereby providing safety to the farmers and
System Sonawane, accurate agriculture. This project involves usage of PIC
Controlled Microcontroller to control the movement of robot with the
Prof. Ganesh k.
Using Android help of joystick (transmitter) and a receiver. The wireless
Gaikwad
Application camera mounted on the top of the vehicle tracks the path
taken by the robot. This cost effective robotic vehicle can
improve productivity, safety in agricultural applications.

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III. METHODOLOGY
The methodological procedure, the block diagram are included in this section. The development of the
Multifunction Farming Vehicle consists of the integration of hardware techniques and software tools. Fig. shows
the block diagram of Mobile Operated Multifunction Farming Vehicle.

Fig 3.1 Block Diagram

The Block Diagram Consists of Arduino microcontroller which is controller of whole system. A 12v
battery connectd to Arduino and other devices to give power supply.WiFi module ESP8266 is connected to
Arduino and wirelessly with Wifi connected smartphone to gives commands. At next block there is L293D
motor drivers and DC motors for the movement of vehicle. Next is a seed sowing mechanism this mechanism
will work with the help of motor which is capable of rotating to 180 degrees. Another block is of water supply
block, the watering mechanism will done with the help of relay and water pump. The last block consist pesticide
spraying mechanism and this will be done by relay controlled solenoid valve

The flow chart in Fig.3.1 explains the algorithm of Mobile Operated multifunction Farming Vehicle.
Algorithm for the robot is as follows:-

Step 1: Start
Step 2: To Switch on the Vehicle power supply will given to the arduino board and then further to wifi
module.
Step 3: Pairing the WiFi device with the mobile phone
Step 4: Robot should wait until it receives signal from the app.
Step 5: If it receives signal, robot works accordingly like if signal is receive for movement then vehicle will
move forward, backward, left & right. If signal receive for mechanisms, in mechanism if signal receive for seed
sowing function then seed sowing mechanism will be activated or if signal receive for water supply then water
supply mechanism will be on or if signal receive for pesticide spray function then spraying mechanism will
activated.
Step 6: If the signal is not received go to step 4
Step 7: universal OFF signal is used to deactivate..

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Fig 3.2 flowchart

IV. RESULTS

Fig 4.1 top view Fig 4.2 front view

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Seed
sowing

Fig 4.3 Water Fig 4.4 Fig 4.5

supply

The above figures show the implementation of farming vehicle, in that we have designed the structure of
vehicle, in this we have connected WIFI module to Arduino board. DC motors are connected to the L293D
motor driver and then we have attached 4 wheels with DC motors to chasis, then motor drivers are connected to
the Arduino and then we have assembled seed sowing mechanism with the help of servo motor and container to
store the seeds and we also added water supply mechanism. lastly we have put the code in arduino and WIFI
module respectively using Arduino IDE.
In fig 4.5 shows the interference of App, in that we have added four keys for movement of vehicle and one key
for seed sowing and similarly one key for water supply function.
The vehicle can performs seed sowing, water supply and pesticide spraying mechanisms on farming land.

4.1 Seed sowing mechanism:

In seed sowing mechanism, we will use small container to store the seeds and it will be close with a flip, the
flip will control by the servo motor to open and close the container. The servo motor is capable of rotating 180
degree, when the servomotor is at 180 degree it will automatically open the container and seed will sow int field.
4.2 Water supply:
This mechanism will be done with the help of relay and motor pump to allow and stop the flow of water in the
field
4.3 Spraying mechanism:
The spraying mechanism will be done by relay controlled solenoid valve. When the command will be given to
the pesticide will pass through solenoid valve and spraying mechanism will work.

V. CONCLUSION
This project presents the Implementation of farmer friendly mobile operated Farming Vehicle with
seed sowing , watering and pesticides spraying arrangement using wireless WIFI module has been designed
and implemented with Ardiuno uno board in mechanical system domain.
The Vehicle for agricultural purpose is a concept for the near the performance and cost of the product
once optimized, will prove to be work through in the agricultural operations.This agriculture-based vehicle
proves to be a productive and efficient machine that can be easily navigated and controlled. Mobile control of
the vehicle is possible through wireless technology (Wi-Fi). The command for controlling the vehicle movement
and other functions is done by using a mobile app. Hence control of the robot is user-friendly and is not very
complicated; hence farmers can easily control this intelligent vehicle. Pesticide spraying is a tedious job in
agriculture as it requires various protection equipment to protect the farmer.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our Professor cum Guide of Project Mr. Shoeb Shaikh who has constantly motivated
and guided us through this truthful endeavor. We extend our gratitude for his patience, motivation, enthusiasm,
his exemplary guidance and immense knowledge that has helped us to shape this work. We could not have
imagined having a better advisor and mentor for our project.
Here would like to thank our honorable principal Dr. Arun Kumar, who made all the facilities available for us
in the college premises. It has been great experience to work together with staff and group members. And
financial support from our parents is greatly acknowledged.
We also would like to thank the HOD Prof. Archana Ingle and the staff members of Department of Electronics
and Telecommunication, Viva Institute of Technology for their cordial support and granting us permission for
our practical training.

Raj Bhoir
Hitesh Dingore
Hrutik Gharat
Aditya Jadhav

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