Irrigation control by mimicry. Issue 32 (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Manzano, J.M.; Bareiro, J.; Cáceres, G.B.; Salvador, J.R.; Millán, P.
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 55:Issue 32(2022)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Design -- Control of Agricultural Implements -- Automation in Agriculture -- Cloud Computing -- Wireless Sensor Network -- Internet of Things; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.11.130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, an automatic control is designed to mimic the irrigation commands of the farmer. It is aimed to avoid manual operation over vast fields. In addition, the structure required for its deployment is analysed in detail, both off-field and of-field. A cloud computing environment has been built, which monitorizes variables of the farm while computing the control actions to be fed to solenoid valves. The proposal has been deployed in a bell pepper field in Paraguay. The results show its effectiveness in remotely and automatically following the references applied.