Agricultural Robotics and Automation detailed syllabus for Robotics & Automation Engineering (Robotics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Robotics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Robotics & Automation Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Robotics 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Robotics Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of agricultural robotics and automation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
History of Mechanized Agriculture – Farming Operations and Related Machines – Tillage, Planting Cultivation, and Harvesting, Agricultural Automation – Agricultural Vehicle Robot.
Unit II
PRECISION AGRICULTURE 9
Sensors – types and agricultural applications, Global Positioning System (GPS) – GPS for civilian use, Differential GPS, Carrier-phase GPS, Real-time kinematic GPS, Military GPS, Geographic Information System, Variable Rate Applications and Controller Area Networks
Unit III
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Unit IV
SOIL TILLAGE AND WEED MANAGEMENT 9
Tillage Methods and Equipment, Mechanics of Tillage Tools, Performance of Tillage Implements, Hitching of Tillage Implements, Weed Management – Conventional Cropping Systems, Tools, Crop Rotation, Mechanical Cultivation
Unit V
MACHINERY SELECTION 9
Screw Conveyors, Pneumatic Conveyors, Bucket Elevators, Forage Blowers and Miscellaneous Conveyors, Machinery Selection – Field Capacity and Efficiency, Draft and Power Requirements, Machinery Costs.
Course Outcomes:
The Student will be able to
- Recognize the areas in agricultural process where robotics can be applied.
- Integrate sensor and system for a required specificprocess in agricultural applications.
- Apply Mechanics to the design various robot parameters
- Convert various mechanisms into robot by providing actuation at specific links and joints of the mechanism.
- Develop suitable robotic system for specific agricultural tasks.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Qin Zhang, Francis J. Pierce, “Agricultural Automation Fundamentals and Practices”, CRC Press, 2016.
- Stephen L Young, Francis J. Pierce, “Automation: The Future of Weed Control in Cropping Systems”, Springer, Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London, 2014.
- R.A. Kepner, Roy Bainer, E.L. Barger, “Principles of Farm Machinery”, 3rd Edition, CBS Publishers, New Delhi, 2005.
- Guangnan Chen, “Advances in Agricultural Machinery and Technologies”, 1st Edition, CRC Press, 2021.
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