Third Edition of Science, Technology and Innovation Camp: Tecnocamp 3.0
The dean of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), PhD. Juan Eulogio Guerra Liera inaugurated the Third Science, Technology and Innovation Camp Tecnocamp 3.0. This event seeks to promote the scientific-technological vocations of the preparatory and university students and that included a prototype fair of projects carried out by the students.
He said that this Third Edition will fulfill and reach the objectives in the short term because there were top-level speakers; a good environment for the development of skills, in addition the intelligence, talent and determination have demonstrated to be prepared to be protagonists of great advances and have demonstrated the sufficient abilities to excel in all type of academic competitions.
As part of this event, conferences and a prototype Fair were held where preparotory and undergraduate students of the four regional units presented works with topics ranging from robotics to technology applicable in tourism, agriculture and other areas.
For his part, the director of the Technological Innovation Park (PIT), Dr. José Ramón López Arellano, said that this event seeks to promote and bring scientific innovations and technologies to the youth students of the state, and pondered that this project will attract the students’ abilities.
Within the prototype project fair of Tecnocamp 3.0, some focused on the agricultural sector, such as:
Pest detector truck in agricultural plots
A technological device made by Guasave Diurna high school students of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Kathia Sarahí Espinoza Beltrán and Ximena Espinoza López, who counted on the advice of professors, Héctor José Peinado Guevara and Alejandro Urías Camacho.
The objective of this project is to use knowledge and skills in robotics to create a prototype capable of exploring areas of agricultural crops to detect pests, since most of them are in places of difficult access and visibility.
Many pests are housed underneath the leaf, being difficult to see them from the surface, for this reason an explorer vehicle was designed, in order to analyze using an information recording camera. The cart has integrated a GPS (Globlal Positioning System) that allows guiding its route within the plot which allows to locate more precisely the areas affected by pests.
What is its operation?
The prototype works through a displacement system, which consists of six wheels and each rim has a gearmotor.
It also has several systems, which are:
Steering system, which consists of two servomotors with a touch of 17 kg cm to maneuver the direction to the car.
Movement system. This vehicle has articulations in its structure to increase the capacity for the transfer in uneven reliefs.
Video transmission system, this system is needed to visualize the trajectory of the cart in real time, a real-time video system (FPV) was installed.
Engine control system (Speed control). This system has the ability to control the acceleration of the engines and the change of rotation in both directions for the vehicle to move.
Control system (Radio frequencies). The receiver picks up the remote control signal, has nine reception channels and works at a frequency of 2.4 ghz. Camera. It has a camera that moves up or down using, a servomotor connected to a video transmitter.
It also has a 12V lipo battery that powers the car.
GPS system. The car has an integrated GPS reference system that allows you to record the position and speed of the cart when traveling through the agricultural plot.
In conclusion, the cart was tested in agricultural plots, verifying its applicability, being a useful model in the opportune detection of pests in agricultural crops, supporting in this way the agricultural activity, which is the main economic activity in the region.
For more information about this project, you can contact the phone number or send an email. | phone: (687) 147-2178 | Email: aleuriascam@gmail.com
Mini FarmBot
On the other hand, Mr. Jesus Manuel Lafarga, Mechatronics Engineer presented his project called Mini Farmbot, which is based on the Open Source Farmbot project, consists of a Cartesian robot controlled through a web app with various functions such as plowing, seeding, deposit seed, maintain humidity of the substrate, and it has the ability to make scheduled routines for optimal product maintenance, as well as the option of live monitoring.
The objective of this project is to make the sowing process more efficient by improving production times, reducing inputs, and having better control and administration of production.
It also contributes to the benefit of agriculture in the control and expenditure of natural inputs, maximum use of the land and decrease in water consumption.
The creators of the project and collaborators of the Technological Innovation Park are; The Engineer in Industrial Processes: Javier Abitia, the Mechatronics Engineer, Jesús Manuel Lafarga, the Mechatronics Engineer: Hugo Alberto Diaz, the teacher in Information Sciences: Juan Campos and the contribution of some fellow residents and service.
For more information about this project, phone: +52 (667) 758-1424 | email: pit@uas.edu.mx | Facebook / innovacionUAS
