Haptic Solutions for Agriculture

Haptics is a new technology which can be incorporated with many of the robotic control devices such that the operation of the device become more user friendly. In many cases, the control device will be in a remote place so the user will not get a proper idea about the device which is being controlled. Even if there is a video feedback, it may not give the proper information to the user, but while using the haptic device the user gets proper force and vibration feedback. So user will be more aware about the operation which is being carried out. This technology if we bring to agricultural field especially in the case of harvesting, sorting and packing, we can perform the task more effectively without damaging the fruit or vegetable. This paper is a study on the possibilities of using haptic technology in agricultural applications. And also about a prototype implementation of haptic device using Raspberry Pi board as a controller.