FARMING-BOT: PRECISION AGRICULTURE SYSTEM IN LIMITED LAND BASED ON COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC)
Syamsiar Kautsar(a*), Eva Rosdiana(b), Refa Firgiyanto(b), Beni Widiawan(a)
a) Information Technology Departement, Politeknik Negeri Jember
Jalan Mastrip PO BOX 164, Jember, Indonesia
*syamsiar_kautsar[at]polije.ac.id
b) Agricultural Production Departement, Politeknik Negeri Jember
Jalan Mastrip PO BOX 164, Jember, Indonesia
Abstract
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS-Indonesia) reports that agricultural land area continues to decline. Their notes in 2018, the land area of 7.1 million hectares, down compared to 2017 which is still 7.75 million hectares. The land area figure was obtained by the Area Sample Framework (KSA) methodology using data from satellite images of the National Aeronautics and Space Institute (LAPAN) and Geospatial Information Agency (BIG). The decrease in the land area was triggered by the incessant conversion of agricultural land. To overcome the decline in the area of agricultural land, many agricultural innovations were carried out on limited land, including farming systems on the roof, greenhouses and/or hydroponics. With the high rate of urbanization, the agricultural system on limited land is one of the solutions that is much favored by urban residents. In this study, a precision farming system was created using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology based on microcontroller. CNC is a machine tool automation system that is operated by randomly programmed commands and stored in storage media. By using CNC technology, it allows the machine to follow the coordinate points that are entered into the system accurately. The accuracy of the machine motion can reach 1mm. The system is made, similar to the control system on a 3D Printer machine with a wider work area. Work area in the form of a box with a size of 1mx1.5m with planting media in the form of burning husk. The machine that was made was given the name "Farming-BOT", short for the robot for farming. With Farming-Bot technology, the process of planting seeds, watering, applying fertilizer, and monitoring the condition of the land can be done automatically 24/7.
Keywords: precision agriculture, CNC, microcontroller
Topic: IT for Agriculture