© June 2021| IJIRT | Volume 8 Issue 1 | ISSN: 2349-6002
IJIRT 151925 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY 1258
Solar Grass Cutting Robot
Yash Adhao
1
, Hrushikesh Sawale
2
, Aishwarya Zope
3
, Prof. Dipali Dhake
4
1,2,3,4
Student, Department of Electronics and telecommunication Engineering, Pcet's, Pimpri Chinchwad
College of Engineering and Research College Ravet, Pune
Abstract - Grass cutting machines are becoming
increasingly popular these days. Pollution is a result of
human activity, as evidenced by our daily lives. IC
engines were employed in older models of lawn cutters,
and as a result of their increased environmental effect,
IC engine propelled cutters are more expensive. The cost
of maintaining a traditional machine is higher. To
overcome such drawbacks we want to build a new type
of autonomous lawn cutter that works on solar energy
and is also cost-effective to avoid these problems.
The project's goal is to build a grass-cutting machine
system that uses solar energy to power the grass-cutting
machine. The "Solar Powered Grass Cutting Machine"
is a solar-powered robotic vehicle that avoids
obstructions and monitors soil moisture. The vehicle
movement motors and the lawn cutter motor are both
powered by a 12V battery. The battery is charged by a
solar panel, eliminating the need for external charging.
The grass cutter and vehicle motors are connected to a
microcontroller, which regulates the operation of all the
motors. It's also connected to an ultrasonic sensor that
detects obstacles. If no barrier is identified and the
moisture level is less than 50%, the microcontroller
drives the vehicle motors forward. The ultrasonic sensor
detects an obstruction, and the microcontroller shuts
down the grass cutter motor to prevent any damage to
the object/human/animal, and it also sounds an alarm.
The microcontroller then rotates the vehicle till it is clear
of the item, after which it moves the grass cutter ahead
again.
I.INTRODUCTION
The goal is to avoid India's energy problem while also
lowering human labour, operational costs, and
maintenance costs. The use of a solar-powered grass
cutter also helps to maintain the environment clean
and healthy. It's used to chop a variety of grasses for a
variety of purposes. The entire gadget is powered by
solar energy stored in a battery.
The ultrasonic sensor is used to detect obstacles
protect humans, objects, and animals from harm and
moisture in order to prevent internal parts of machine
to get damage from excessive water. Since the dawn
of time, the sun has been the primary source of energy
for human lifestyles. Solar energy was quickly put to
use for a variety of purposes, including drying clothes,
curing agricultural produce, and storing meals, and
several others. Even to this day, we get our energy
from fuels like wood, petroleum, paraffin,
hydroelectricity, and even our food, which comes from
the sun directly. Solar energy is almost unlimited. The
overall amount of energy we receive from the sun
considerably outranks our need. Since the
technological age, humans have relied on fuels,
electricity, and wind power. We developed our novel
idea sun powered grass cutting machine, in which we
cut grass at agricultural products or on small plants in
lawns and gardens. Many countries are investigating
and evaluating solar and wind energy for human
growth, thus we created our new concept sun powered
grass cutting machine. The completely automated
solar lawn cutter is a solar-powered grass-cutting
robotic mower that uses ultrasonic sensors to avoid
obstacles and is capable of automatic grass cutting
without the need for human interaction.
II. LITERATURE SURVEY
Grass cutting machines are becoming increasingly
popular these days. Pollution is a result of human
activity, as evidenced by our daily lives. The goal of
our project is to develop a solar-powered grass cutter
that saves electricity and reduces labour. Some student
journal papers are investigated. The important points
and findings from those papers are outlined below.
The work "SOLAR BASED GRASS CUTTER" was
published in the "2nd International Conference on
Latest Trends in Engineering, Science, and
Management, New Delhi, 2017." This paper explains
the design of a solar-powered automatic lawn mower
that eliminates the disadvantages of traditional lawn
mowers. The goal is to minimize India's energy crisis
by decreasing overall labour, operational costs, and