Automated plant watering machine based on CNC

Ali, Amira Noor Farhanie (2021) Automated plant watering machine based on CNC. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In conjuction with the progress of Industrial Revolution 4.0, every industry put their efforts in improving, innovating, and modernize the sector including agriculture. Modern agriculuture and farming sector includes the integrations of drones, robots, plant factory and Internet of Things (IOT). However, there are only few automated device for farming such as soaker hoses, drip irrigation, spray system, rotor system, and digital timer that available on the market. Besides, none of this devices can monitoring the plant. Futhermore, on average, the spray sprinkler system uses around 60.57ℓ of water in a minute. [5] According to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, one of the targets is to increase water use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies. Hence, a small change or innovation needed in contributing towards the goal. Next, the objective of this project is to design using the Solidworks and develop an actual CNC based machine with 2-axis for plant watering operation. Second, to test the machine automatic and manual functionality, circuit , stepper motor movement and watering function. Third, to analyse the performance of the machine based on quantity of water use, watering operation time taken and parameter such as voltage and current. Finally, this project is built to automated the plant watering process by using soil moisture sensor to detect the soil dampness level and to reduce the usage of water during plant watering process by controlling the DC pump operation time and plant to plant watering method rather than continuous spray techniques.

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