Design
A. Enclosure
Waterproof, Weatherproof and Repairable
Made out of sustainable PLA, the plastic enclosure uses a double-screw mechanism to allow easy repair and maintainance.
Designed to withstand the range of conditions and temperatures the AgriPod will encounter, the enclosure uses two shells to ensure easy repairability in case of any damage
B. Electronics
Accurate and Reliable
AgriPod uses custom PCBs, designed in house and manufactured by one of the world’s leading PCB manufacturers.
The Agripod measures soil humidity, temperature, air humidity which we combine with weather data in our algorithmn.
C. Network
Inter-device Communication
Each standard AgriPod is capable of Wi-Fi communication at a range of several 100 meters. The pods form a mesh network, forwarding data through each other. Ultimately, the data is funnelled to an AgriPod which has an LTE module and is sent to our servers, hosted in the cloud.
Each AgriPod recieves information from the server and looks at the data it has gathered, to decide on how often to sample and transmit data.
D. Algorithm
The algorithm has been developed in contact with professors and researchers from Oxford University, Bangor University and Durham University.
Currently, the algorithmn will map out and predict optimum fertiliser values, providing a recommended fertilising window (typically a few days) based on crop type. After gathering a large dataset comparative effects, we plan to train neural networks which can find patterns we have not yet considered.
