Design floating robot of shallots irrigation with GPS based and using the waypoint navigation method

Abstract

Shallots are tuber plants that are used as a spice in cooking. Watering shallots in the right way regularly will produce quality shallots. Currently many shallot farmers in Indonesia still need the services of daily workers (laborers), especially farmers in Kab. Nganjuk, East Java. The watering process is still manual. In addition, it is difficult to find daily workers (laborers). This of course will create losses for farmers. With technological developments in the current era, the writer wants to make a tool that can be used by shallot farmers. This tool uses GPS to navigate the trench traversed using the waypoint method. Apart from using GPS, this tool also uses ultrasonic sensors which function to keep the robot in the trench line. For watering this robot uses a dc water pump with high pressure so that it can reach the plants from the trench. This tool can be operated using an android application that makes it easier for farmers.