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Design and fabrication of a low-cost rice transplanting machine

Publication Type : Conference Paper

Thematic Areas : Humanitarian-Robotics-HCI

Publisher : 2017 IEEE Technological Innovations in ICT for Agriculture and Rural Developmen.

Source : Proceedings - 2017 IEEE Technological Innovations in ICT for Agriculture and Rural Development, TIAR 2017, 2018

Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046949251&doi=10.1109%2fTIAR.2017.8273678&partnerID=40&md5=0126e19370318206534c961c0095e0b9

ISBN : 9781509044375

Keywords : Agricultural machinery, Cost effective, Cost effectiveness, Costs, Cultivation, Cycle Frame, human-in-the-loop, Labor intensive process, musculoskeletal disorders, Puddled field, Regional planning, Rice transplanter, Transplanting machine

Campus : Amritapuri

School : Department of Social Work, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Center : Ammachi labs

Department : Social Work

Year : 2017, 2018

Abstract : One of the labor intensive processes in rice cultivation is transplantation, where laborers have to work in a slouching position in puddled fields. This leads to physical ailments like musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). This paper discusses the design and testing of an efficient, cost effective and easily reproducible semi-automatic rice transplanting machine to eliminate the drudgery involved in the task, improve efficiency and productivity of farmer while keeping the human-in-the-loop. The focus of the design was to build a prototype using locally available materials. The cost savings of the new prototype was over 80 percent of the commercially available machines. Studies conducted using this prototype have shown that the semi automation process reduces labor effort by 17 percent and additionally reduced the time for transplantation.

Cite this Research Publication : R. Krishnan, Vishnu, R. S., Mohan, T. H., and Rao R. Bhavani, “Design and fabrication of a low-cost rice transplanting machine”, in Proceedings - 2017 IEEE Technological Innovations in ICT for Agriculture and Rural Development, TIAR 2017, 2018

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