The Problem:

Inefficient Crop Monitoring and Management

Manual Inspections:

• Traditional crop monitoring relies heavily on manual labor, which is not only time- consuming but also prone to human error.

• Early signs of disease like potato blight are often missed, leading to uncontrolled disease spread.

Delayed Interventions:

• Slow identification of issues results in delayed actions, which can drastically reduce crop yields.

• By the time a disease is visually noticeable, significant damage may have already occurred.

Inefficient Resource Use:

• Farmers often apply blanket treatments—using fertilizers, pesticides, and water across the entire field—without precise data.

• This approach wastes valuable resources and can lead to environmental harm, overuse of chemicals, and unnecessary costs.

Introducing Terrabot:

An Agricultural Rover

Remote-Controlled Navigation:

• Terrabot can be remotely controlled, allowing operators to navigate it through crop rows with precision.

• This system ensures efficient coverage of large areas while providing full control over rover's movements.

Live Feed and Sensor Data:

• Terrabot provides a live video feed directly to operator's device, allowing real-time visual monitoring of the crops.

• All sensor stats such as plant health, soil moisture and environmental conditions are displayed on operator's phone, giving instant feedback.

Disease Detection and Alerts:

• When Terrabot detects any signs of disease, such as potato blight, it immediately alerts the operator.

• The system not only warns of the issue but also provides detailed medication recommendations, enabling timely and precise interventions

Technical Specifications:

Hardware:

• Microcontroller: Uses Arduino, ESP and Raspberry Pi for seamless control of all systems.

•  ESP-32 CAM with Pan Tilt: Provides a 360-degree field view for efficient crop monitoring.

• Sensors: Monitors plant health, soil moisture, temperature, humidity, and detects disease through the camera.

•  ESP Servo ARM(Claw): Cuts damaged plants to prevent disease spread.

•  Cutting Blade: Removes unwanted grass weeds to maintain field cleanliness.

• Solar Panel with Sun Tracking: Optimizes energy efficiency by adjusting to the sun's position.

• Sprayer Mechanism: Targets pesticide application for affected areas.

Software:

• Robo Control Software with Live Feed: This allows the operator to remotely control Terrabot while viewing the live feed from the ESP32-CAM, it provides real-time control over the rover's navigation the actions, including activating the cutting arm or pesticide sprayer.

• Disease Detection and Medication Algorithm: The onboard AI processes data from the sensors and camera to identify plant diseases, such as potato blight. Once a disease is detected, the system alerts operator and suggests the appropriate medication based on pre-programmed treatment options.

Continuous Crop Health Monitoring and Issue Detection:

Plant Health:

• Terrabot is equipped with sensors and cameras that constantly monitor key indications of plant health, such as leaf colour.

• By tracking the parameter in real time, farmers can detect early signs of stress, nutrient deficiencies, or environmental factors that could hinder growth, ensuring proactive crop management.

Disease Identification:

• Utilising advanced image processing and AI algorithms, Terrabot can identify early signs of disease like potato blight. This enables farmers to act swiftly and apply targeted treatments.

• The system also provides detailed disease profiles and suggests specific treatment, ensuring that the correct medication crop loss and avoiding unnecessary pesticides use.

Pest Monitoring:

• Terrabot's sensors can detect the presence of pests in real time. This data allows farmers to understand the severity of infestations and target only the affected areas with pest control measures, reducing the use of harmful chemicals.

• The system not only warns of the issue but also provides detailed medication recommendations, enabling timely and precise interventions and preventing widespread damage to crops.

Applications and Benefits:

Higher Yields and Profitability

Increased Yields:

• Terrabot's precision Monitoring and timely interventions ensures early detection of diseases, pests, and nutrients deficiencies, helping farmers maintain healthier plants.

• By addressing issues promptly, Terrabot minimizes crop losses and improves overall plant health, leading to significantly higher yields at the time of harvest.

Cost Savings:

• The efficient use of resources-such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides through Terrabot's targeted application methods reduces unnecessary wastage.

• Farmers can lower their input costs by optimizing theses resources, ultimately improving profitability and reducing operating expenses.

Sustainable Practices:

• Terrabot supports sustainable farming by minimizing the overuse of chemicals and promoting precise interventions, leading to reduced environmental footprints.

• Its solar-powered system, combined with intelligent pest and disease control, helps farmers adopt environmentally friendly agricultural practices, fostering long term sustainability.

The Future of Sustainable and Efficient Agriculture

Farmers’ life has been done easier by Terrabot with the uses of AI technology in agriculture. Terrabot allows farmers to observe their crops on a real-time basis, carry out early disease detection, and make informed decisions to minimize losses as possible by making farming efficient. Therefore, not only this improves productivity but also serves the purpose of conserving the environment through cost effective and favourable use of resources and waste minimization.

Joining the farming community, Terrabot similarly incorporates some methods that help them achieve higher yields by sending warnings and other useful information in due time. With the help of artificial intelligence, all members of the crop attending team manage to eliminate touches of human factor in farm work thus enhancing speed, reducing labor load on the workers while ensuring good condition of plants. Knowing the state of a crop, the farmer is able to treat only the pests or diseases that are present rather than cloud spraying the entire area as is the case with pesticides and fertilizers. This is advantageous to the environment, healthier crops and a more vibrant world.

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