AUTOMATIC GRASS CUTTER

ABSTRACT

Nowadays grass cutter machines are becoming very popular today. Pollution is manmade,
which we can be see in our daily life. In old model of grass cutter IC engine was used and
hence because of its environmental impact pollution level rises IC engine driven cutter is
more costly. Maintenance of such conventional machine is more. To avoid these drawbacks
we plan to built new type of grass cutter which runs on solar energy and this model is also
economical. The aim of our project is to make the grass cutter which operates on solar energy
hence save the electricity and reduces manpower. In our project we use microcontroller for
controlling various operation of grass cutter. Also the grass cutter has obstacle sensor for
obstacle detection. Grass cutter operates automatically hence it does not require skill person
to operate.

Problem Identification

The past technology of grass cutting is manually operated by the use of hand devices like
scissor, these results into more human effort and more time required accomplishing the work.
Also in old methods lack of uniformity of the remaining grass. Also due to the use of engine
powered machines increases the air and noise pollution also this grass cutter require
maintenance.

Purpose

The objective of our project is to design and automatic lawn mower which operates on solar
energy and avoids the drawback of old lawn mowers. The purpose is to avoid energy crisis in
India and reduces the human efforts, operating cost and maintenance cost. Also solar based
grass cutter keeps the environment clean and healthy. It is used for cutting different types of
grasses for various applications. The whole machine operates on the solar energy

EXISTING SYSTEM

A normal grass cutter moving with IC engine will run based on the energy from petrol. The
major drawbacks of this technology are high running cost; create noise pollution and air
pollution. Also, an IC engine requires periodic maintenance such as changing the engine oil,
mechanical maintenance. It is an innovative technology of cutting grass without any
pollution, electric solar grass cutter are environmentally friendly. Nowadays, the labor charge
is increased day by day. This technology can help the people who are living in rural areas.
This project is mainly proposal for reduce the manpower and usage of electricity.

PROPOSED SYSTEM

The fully automated solar grass cutter is a fully automated grass cutting robotic vehicle
powered by solar energy that also avoids obstacles and is capable of fully automated grass
cutting without the need of any human interaction. The system uses 6V batteries to power the
vehicle movement motors as well as the grass cutter motor. We also use a solar panel to
charge the battery so that there is no need of charging it externally. The grass cutter and
vehicle motors are interfaced to an 8051 family microcontroller that controls the working of
all the motors. It is also interfaced to an ultrasonic sensor for object detection. The
microcontroller moves the vehicle motors in forward direction in case no obstacle is detected.
On obstacle detection the ultrasonic sensor monitors it and the microcontroller thus stops the
grass cuter motor to avoid any damage to the object/human/animal whatever it is.
Microcontroller then turns the robotic as long as it gets clear of the object and then moves the
grass cutter in forward direction again.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

SOLAR PANNEL
RELAY

BATTERY
ARDUINO
MECHANICAL
SETUP OF
GRASSCUTTER

ULTRASONIC
SENSOR