SMART VENDING MACHINE, ENERGY INDEPENDENT, THERMALLY CONDITIONED, FOR PACKAGED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

In the context of the development of intelligent systems in the agricultural field, systems that help farmers in agricultural production, the realization of intelligent systems to help them in the commercialization of agricultural products is both actual and necessary. The commercialization of agricultural products directly by the farmer, at the farm gate, requires specially authorized spaces, personnel, connection to utilities, etc., which limits the possibilities for sale of products by farmers, thus losing both the final customer and the farmer, as the product enters the distribution chain, which implies an additional cost and uncertainties regarding the product origin. The article presents the SVIEE-R equipment, an automatic and autonomous system for selling agricultural products at the farm gate, which does not require the presence of a salesperson or connection to electricity and which can store agricultural products that require refrigeration, such as: vegetables, fruits, dairy products, etc. The intelligent SVIEE-R vending machine is a smart system that continuously informs both the farmer and the customer about the stock level of stored products, the storage temperature, and can be placed anywhere due to the energy independence provided by an array of photovoltaic panels and accumulators.