Farmland Nitrogen Leaching Robot for Real-Time Multi-Depth Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current nitrogen leaching monitoring methods are time-consuming and costly, requiring on-site sampling and laboratory analysis, and often result in soil damage and high construction costs due to the need for extensive infrastructure, while also failing to enable real-time detection.
Innovation Solution
A robot system for monitoring farmland nitrogen leaching, comprising a cloud platform, monitoring robot, and leachate collection module, which enables multi-site and multi-depth automatic extraction and real-time detection without manual collection or laboratory analysis, using a micro-fluidic module for efficient nitrogen detection and dynamic path planning for optimized navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional nitrogen leaching monitoring methods (static collection, dynamic leaching, rhizospheric liquid collection, micro soil column, sampling leaching) are used, then nitrogen content can be detected and analyzed, but the operation is complex, high construction costs are required, and real-time detection cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple monitoring functions (nitrogen detection, path planning, navigation, data collection) into a single mobile monitoring device. This integrates the roles of multiple separate apparatuses (detection terminals, sampling tubes, leaching barrels) into one unified system, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining detection accuracy through onboard sensors and analysis capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile monitoring device is designed with multi-functionality, serving as both a detection terminal and a navigation unit. It can perform nitrogen content analysis, plan its own path to monitoring points, navigate autonomously, and collect data from multiple locations, replacing the need for specialized separate equipment for each function
2Reliability
If fixed detection method with large-volume leaching barrels and pipelines is adopted, then nitrogen leaching monitoring can be performed at fixed sampling points, but high preliminary construction costs and great damage to soil environment occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from fixed detection points to a dynamic mobile monitoring system. The device can move autonomously to different monitoring points within the farmland, eliminating the need for fixed infrastructure like pipelines and stationary barrels. This dynamic approach maintains monitoring reliability through systematic path planning while significantly reducing soil disturbance and construction impact
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the detection function from fixed infrastructure and embeds it in a mobile platform. By removing the need for permanent installations (pipelines, fixed barrels) and placing detection capabilities on a movable device, the system achieves reliable monitoring without the harmful soil environment damage associated with fixed infrastructure
3Measurement precision
If on-site sampling and laboratory analysis method is used, then nitrogen content can be detected, but time and effort are consumed and real-time detection cannot be implemented
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile monitoring device acts as an intermediary between field sampling and laboratory analysis. It performs preliminary nitrogen content detection in the field using onboard sensors and analysis capabilities, providing real-time data without requiring physical transport of samples to external laboratories. This eliminates the time loss associated with sample transportation and waiting for laboratory results while maintaining detection accuracy
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a robot system and method for monitoring farmland nitrogen leaching. The robot system includes a cloud platform, a monitoring robot, and a leachate collection module. The cloud platform is configured to send information about a to-be-measured site and a to-be-measured depth to the monitoring robot and receive measurement information of the monitoring robot; and the monitoring robot is configured to move to the to-be-measured site to be connected to the leachate collection module at the to-be-measured depth of the to-be-measured site, extract a leachate of the leachate collection module, perform leachate nitrogen detection on the leachate, and send a leachate nitrogen detection result to the cloud platform.