A 17-year-old boy Sarthak from Mangaluru has developed a prototype robot ‘AgriBot’ which will help farmers in giving the exact information of crop choice they need. It will also help the farmers in analyzing the soil properties.
Basically ‘AgriBot’ is a locomotive which collects soil moisture, temperature and humidity readings from different areas of the required land.
Speaking to a news agency Sarthak S Kumar said, “AgriBot as a whole, is a locomotive which will go around the field, collect respective readings by coming to a stop at predetermined waypoints. The values will be sent to an app interface along its course on the field. The interface later processes these readings referring to a pre-built database and is bound to give suitable information relating to soil properties and further guidance for cultivation of the chosen crop.”
He also said, “This was done out of my interest with the help and assistance of my mentor Akshay Adyanthaya. The prototype of AgriBot was done when I was in first PUC along with two of my friends. This idea was the result of my previous project on agriculture. That is when I learnt that technology which is used in other sectors could be incorporated into agriculture as well. We would get more precise and dependable readings and could also reduce time and work taken to get the same soil tested for its properties in a soil lab. I want to make this solution a viable one because many native agriculturists have an opinion that modern technology is not affordable and dependable but fail to realize it could revolutionize agriculture if implemented and trained to work in the right way.
“My basic idea is an interface that coordinates incorporated technology to provide smart guidance to a farmer for a successful yield. Developing the robot has come out of creativity and it is just a part of the system I am planning about. It will suggest the farmers and help overcome common problems most agriculturists face. I target to make it so dependable and independent that will be in a place to enable those who don’t have any idea about agriculture to carry out cultivation”, said Sarthak.
Currently, Sarthak is pursuing his second PUC at Expert PU College Kodialbail but he is inclined towards Robotics, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and many other technology-related things. He has also been helping students of his age group in several science projects as well.
