IoT-Enabled Smart Robot for Efficient Banana Harvesting and Quality Assessment

Bananas, the world’s most traded fruit, rank as the fourth most essential food crop after rice, wheat, and corn. Despite their economic significance, banana harvesting remains labor-intensive. To address this challenge, a remote-controlled robotic system has been developed to enhance efficiency. To improve efficiency, a new remote-controlled robot has been developed to detect the foul smell and cutting the banana stalk with the sharp blades, equipped with an Uno microcontroller, Wi-Fi camera, and five motors. It autonomously navigates plantations to identify and harvest ripe. It is a Bluetooth enabled device which is totally based on internet of things (IoT) and With gear motors, the cutting blades are adjustable to the height of the banana stalk, enabling precise cuts for plants of varying heights. The model surpasses existing limitations by integrating full IoT-enabled real-time monitoring, image-based and gas sensor ripeness detection, cost-effective optimized hardware, adaptability to real plantations, and a remote-controlled mechanism with adjustable cutting height, making banana harvesting more efficient, accurate, and scalable. This innovation aims to reduce labor costs and enhance the efficiency of banana collection.