AI3022 Automation in Agriculture Syllabus:
AI3022 Automation in Agriculture Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To know the operation of various electronic circuits and its applications.
To get adequate knowledge about various sensors and robots used in agricultural processes
To learn automation techniques in agricultural system
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Fundamental of electronics Passive devices -semiconductor devices – transistors – diode circuits – amplifier circuits. Integrated circuits and operational amplifier – logic gates – flip flop – counters digital to analog – analog to digital converters- microprocessor.
UNIT II PRECISION FARMING
Precision farming -Ground based sensors, Remote sensing, GPS, GIS and mapping software, Yield mapping systems, Crop production modelling.
UNIT III ROBOTICS IN AGRICULTURE
Fundamental of Robotics – types – application. Agricultural robots – types- function – application. Future trends in automation in agriculture
UNIT IV AUTOMATION USING IoT
Use of different sensors – Temperature and humidity sensor – Soil Moisture Sensor – Water Level Depth Detector, Raspberry Pi Arduino UNO
UNIT V AUTOMATION OF AGRICULTURE OPERATION
Automation of agricultural operations using IoT based systems – Smart Irrigation System Automation in Greenhouse – Drones. Case Study- Automation of greenhouse/farm operations.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS
1. Zhang, Q. and Pierce, F.J. eds., 2013. Agricultural automation: fundamentals and practices. CRC Press.
2. Choudhury, A., Biswas, A., Singh, T.P. and Ghosh, S.K. eds., 2022. Smart Agriculture Automation Using Advanced Technologies: Data Analytics and Machine Learning, Cloud Architecture, Automation and IoT.
REFERENCES
1. National Research Council, Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century, National Academies Press, Canada, 1997.
2. Young, S.L. and Pierce, F.J. eds., 2013. Automation: The future of weed control in cropping systems. Springer Science & Business Media.
3. Nof, S.Y. ed., 2009. Springer handbook of automation. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
4. Billingsley, J., 2019. Robotics and automation for improving agriculture. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited.
5. McNulty, P. and Grace, P.M. eds., 2009. Agricultural Mechanization and Automation-Volume II (Vol. 2). EOLSS Publications.
COURSE OUTCOMES
CO1 Exemplify the working operations of electronic devices and processors
CO2 Interpret the necessity of sensor requirements for precision farming practices
CO3 Understand the basics of robotics and their applications in agriculture
CO4 Apply the IOT concepts in cropping practices
CO5 Interpolate the concept of automation in governing the agricultural systems