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FarmBot- A Platform for Backyard Precision Farming: Installation and Initial Experimental Layout.

机译:Farmbot-后院精密农业的平台:安装和初始实验布局。

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FarmBot, a small autonomous farming machine, has been recently acquired by the "Smart Farming" project team at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) for conducting precision farming field experiments on a small scale. The machine seeds, kills weeds, senses soil moisture levels, and irrigates plants individually over 10 feet by 20 feet area. It is, in essence, a three-axis Cartesian robot quite similar to a 3D printer and runs on Raspberry Pi 3 and Arduino like microprocessor board. It can be easily manipulated using a web application over a smart phone. The Raspberry Pi Camera (Pi-Cam) integrated with the machine can be used for weed detection and time-lapse photography. Food Science and Technology graduate students are working in concert withengineering undergraduates and UMES staff to oversee the installation and preliminary experimental layout. Some of the pitfalls and successes during the installation of both the hardware and software of the mechatronic device will be highlighted in thiswork. An initial experiment has been planned to study the effects of hydrogel (super absorbent polymer (SAP) on growing small vegetables. SAPs are being used in agriculture as a soil conditioner that utilizes its water holding capacity to reduce frequent irrigation needs. The area (10 by 20 ft) serviced by the machine has been divided to accommodate four levels of hydrogel with two replicates Initial plans of growing turnips with the FarmBot was unsuccessful due to the severity of winter weather. The project team is considering building a hoop house around the FarmBot to extend the growing season. Immediate plans for the project also include powering the FarmBot with solar panels and meeting its irrigation needs through rain water harvesting.
机译:Farmbot是一款小型自治机器,最近被马里兰大学的“智能农业”项目团队收购,东岸大学(UMES)为小规模进行精密养殖场实验。机器种子,杀死杂草,感应土壤水分水平,并单独灌溉植物超过10英尺20英尺的区域。实质上,它是一个与3D打印机相似的三轴笛卡尔机器人,并在覆盆子PI 3和arduino等微处理器板上运行。可以在智能手机上使用Web应用程序轻松操纵它。与机器集成的覆盆子PI相机(PI-CAM)可用于杂草检测和延时摄影。食品科学与技术研究生正在使用音乐会,携带大学大学生和UMES员工,以监督安装和初步实验布局。在本文中突出显示,在安装机电设备的硬件和软件期间的一些陷阱和成功将在本文中突出显示。计划研究水凝胶(超吸收性聚合物(SAP)对生长小蔬菜的影响。SAP正在农业用作土壤调节剂,其利用其水持能力来减少频繁的灌溉需求。该地区(10 20英尺)由机器服务已分为容纳四个水凝胶,两种水凝胶两种重复的初始计划随着冬季天气的严重程度而不成功。该项目队正在考虑在农场周围建造箍房屋为了扩展生长季节。该项目的直接计划还包括用太阳能电池板向农场提供动力,通过雨水收获来满足其灌溉需求。

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