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An IoT-Based Autonomous Robot System for Maize Precision Agriculture Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Emergence of Cyber Physical System and IoT in Smart Automation and Robotics

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The importance of agriculture to the economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from several challenges. One of the major problems faced by the sector is the lack of suitable technology to optimize yield and profit to reduce the reliance of farmers on manual techniques of farming which is accompanied by drudgery, wastage, and low yields. Precision agriculture has been applied to maximize agricultural outputs while minimizing inputs. This study presents the design of an Internet of things (IoT)-based autonomous robot system that can be used for precision agricultural operations in maize crop production. The robot consists of a camera for remotely monitoring of the environment and a tank incorporated with a liquid level sensor which can be used for irrigation and herbicide application. The real-time feed from the camera as well as the output from the liquid level sensor is accessed from a cloud database via a Web application. This system can be adopted for improved crop production which in turn will increase crop yield, profit, and revenue generated from agriculture.

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  1. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    Jibril Abdullahi Bala & Taliha Abiodun Folorunso

  2. Department of Computer Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    Olayemi Mikail Olaniyi

  3. Department of Crop Production, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    Emmanuel Daniya

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  1. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, India

    Krishna Kant Singh

  2. Graduate School, Faculty of Information Technology, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam

    Anand Nayyar

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India

    Sudeep Tanwar

  4. Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Mohamed Abouhawwash

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Bala, J.A., Olaniyi, O.M., Folorunso, T.A., Daniya, E. (2021). An IoT-Based Autonomous Robot System for Maize Precision Agriculture Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Singh, K.K., Nayyar, A., Tanwar, S., Abouhawwash, M. (eds) Emergence of Cyber Physical System and IoT in Smart Automation and Robotics. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66222-6_5

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