7. MULTIPURPOSE 3 IN 1 AGRICULTURE AUTOMATION SYSTEM

Agriculture is humankind’s oldest and still its most important economic activity, providing the food, feed, fiber, and fuel necessary for our survival. As the global population is increasing rapidly, agricultural production must double if it is to meet the increasing demands for food and bio energy. Given limited land, water and labor resources, it is estimated that the efficiency of agricultural productivity must increase to meet that goal, while limiting the growing pressure that agriculture puts on the e nvironment. Automation can play a significant role in society meeting agricultural production needs. For six decades robots and automation have played a fundamental role in increasing the efficiency and reducing the cost of industrial production and produc ts. In the past twenty years, a similar trend has started to take place in agriculture,. More recently, farmers have started to experiment with autonomous systems that automate or augment operations such as pruning, thinning, and harvesting, as well as mow ing, spraying, and weed removal. In the fruit tree industry, for example, workers riding robotic platforms have shown to be twice as efficient as workers using ladders. Advances in sensors and control systems allow for optimal resource and integrated pest and disease management. This is just the beginning of what will be a revolution in the way that food is grown, tended, and harvested. So by considering same approach we have developed a Multipurpose agriculture automation system which will do 3 task in one go that is we can cut the grass, spray powder and liquid insecticide at the same time using single system.