DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF

SEMI-AUTONOMOUS WEEDER

Ashwanth S – 19R210
Shanmuga Vel J S – 19R248

REVIEW 2

Project Guide : Dr. S.Prabhakaran Industry Guide : Mr. D.Balasundaram

Date of Commencement of Organization : LENS India
Internship : 2/01/2023

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 SUMMARY OF REVIEW 1

• To design and develop a semi autonomous weeder which is to be remotely monitored

and controlled.

• Weeding function to be performed by an IC engine and Electrical motor for locomotion.

• We have performed market study and literature survey for the autonomous weeder.

• Various conceptual chassis designs were designed.

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 SUMMARY OF REVIEW 1

Conceptual Chassis design

with worm gear motor

Conceptual Chassis design

with Ackerman steering

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 WORK DONE SO FAR
Design 1 (Chassis suitable for hub motor) :

Design 2 (Chassis suitable for Mid drive motor) :

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 WORK DONE SO FAR
Design 2 (Chassis suitable for Mid drive motor) :

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 WORK DONE SO FAR
Motor selection :
• Payload Around 100 kg
• Application Weeding
• Wattage 250W [ 2 motors ]
• Operating Voltage 48 V
• Torque 15 Nm each
• Speed 10 – 15 kmph
• Drive Mode RWD preferable
• Price of the motor Rs. 9000 (EMF sample unit price)
• Price of the controller Rs. 3000 (EMF sample unit price)
• Motor size 13 inch hub motor
Battery :
• LFP battery is suggested
• 48V
• 20Ah
• Battery back up 2 hours

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 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

• Market study and literature survey was performed.

• Various chassis designs were designed.

• Suitable motor, battery and controller for the required application has been selected.

Video 1 Video 2 Video 3

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 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE

Conclusion :

•Additional changes to the existing design were made and New chassis design were
developed.

Future scope :

•This weeder can be upgrade into Fully automated weeder with mapping and
navigation system.

•Enabling more smart features like virtual boundaries, customized weeding and
interactive 3D maps.

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 References

TITLE AUTHOR PUBLICATION DETAILS DESCRIPTION

Development and Diego A. Aponte-Roa; IEEE 9th Annual Computing and Communication This work focuses on the development of a fully
Evaluation of a Xavier Collazo; Miguel Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, NV, autonomous lawn mower that can be used by
Remote Controlled USA, 2019, pp. 1-5, doi: people with limited mobility. The lawn mower
Goenaga; Albert A. 10.1109/CCWC.2019.8666455. can be set to cover a predefined area
Electric Lawn Espinoza; Kasandra autonomously or it can be controlled manually
Mower
Vazquez via a radio-control (RC) transmitter, which
allows the user to remotely control the lawn
mower in any direction, turn the mower motor
at a desired speed, and adjust the grass cutting
height
Design and Baluprithviraj K.N; Harini R; 2nd International Conference on Smart Electronics Based on the function remote-operated
Development of Janarthanan M.M; and Communication (ICOSEC), Trichy, India, 2021, lawnmower, grass cutting equipment which is
Smart Lawn Mower Jasodhasree C pp. 1215-1219, doi: having the range is restricted as the signal
10.1109/ICOSEC51865.2021.9591825. strength is very low and also it is quite
expensive. A lawnmower is remotely controlled
using a device such as mobile phone can acts as
a connection between the user and operation of
the grass cutter. In this research work, among
the two different uses of mobile phone through
which one sends the video of the current
pathway and the other as a receiver.

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 References
https://makezine.com/article/home/build-remote-controlled-lawn-mower/

https://www.toolsvilla.com/honda-4-stroke-metal-motorized-tiller-with-gx80-engine?
gclid=CjwKCAiAk--dBhABEiwAchIwkbalYQetJ4-o5wF--
U5yPWJHYc_ghEO8mm0BiFydsLoYsvhpnNmSshoCr7UQAvD_BwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYvNkkBrEtU

https://www.sharpgaruda.com/product/mini-weeder/

https://agriezy.com/

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 THANK YOU

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