A GPS controlled automated soil testing rover
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A GPS controlled automated soil testing rover Parameswaran Kovelan1 · Thangathurai Kartheeswaran1
· Nadarajah Thisenthira1
Received: 2 July 2019 / Revised: 26 April 2020 / Accepted: 13 July 2020 / © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract This study proposes A GPS controlled Automated Soil testing Rover to test the soil for agricultural purposes. The contribution of computer science to agriculture is essential for the sustainability of human beings in the world by keeping food production up to a satisfactory level. The automation technology is a suitable and efficient solution to overcome difficulties in agriculture. This technique will increase the productivity and reduces the hardness of human effort in the field. The traditional soil testing mechanism has many difficulties and drawbacks such as time-consuming, poor knowledge of sample collection and variation in laboratory results compared to field results. The proposed GPS controlled Automated Soil testing Rover will be a solid solution to overcome the problems of the traditional soil testing mechanism. The device has a temperature, moisture and pH sensors to measure the soil parameters such as temperature, moisture, electro conductivity, and pH. The GPS controlled Automated Soil testing Rover will be able to navigate in the given area of the field with the guidance of GPS and it is capable of avoiding obstacles in the field. The data sensed will be sent to a website to get visualized and will be stored in a database. Also, the data is used to select the suitable crop based on the parameters sensed. Keywords Automation · Soil parameters · Rover · pH sensor · Agriculture
1 Introduction Automation is a process performed without human intervention. Automation is the way to reduce the human workload and make the job easier and effective. Many industries adopt a variety of automation techniques and deliver quality products efficiently. Only a limited Thangathurai Kartheeswaran
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Department of Physical Science, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Vavuniya, 43000, Sri Lanka
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number of contributions from computer science is given to agriculture. Agriculture is the base for human survival. Always mankind must ensure food production at a satisfactory level. However, there is a potential problem that human involvement in agriculture is continuously decreasing over the years [16]. Automation is one of the solutions to overcome this problem. There are many phases in agriculture, this work especially based on how soil testing can be done without human involvement in the field and also to make some prediction on crop selection. Soil plays a vital role in agriculture by making the crop healthy with more yields. “Soil contains many kinds of nutrients, such as water, air and micro organisms that help to create healthy and sustainable gardens and landscapes” [10]. The quality of agriculture
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