Design of multi-purpose heavy-duty scanning robot with spray mechanism

• Main Authors: Gustilo, Reggie C., Danting, Jules Raphael A., De Vera, Luis Paolo M., Ramos, Brian Justin, Villanueva, Lolita E.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Spraying equipment; Robotics; Scanning systems; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Electrical and Electronics; Systems and Communications
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1508; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2507/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

A mini multi-purpose heavy-duty scanner robot was designed and built for the purpose of scanning open fields that can be used in different applications such as metal detection, mine detection and similar sensing activities. It can also be used in other agricultural purposes such as seed planting in small farms, fertilizer and pesticides spray and by adding some electronic mechanisms, it can also be used in fruit harvesting and the like. The scanner robot uses a DFRobot Mega 2560 microcontroller that can operate in an autonomous mode and in manual mode using Zigbee as the communications interface between the controller and the robot. This robot also has a GPS tracking system and obstacle avoidance features that makes it very efficient in its intended activity. Experiment results show the capabilities and effectiveness of the robot functionalities. This robot design, when upgraded to full size version, can be used as a model in remote activities in the field of agriculture, military and other commercial purposes. © 2019, World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering. All rights reserved.