ROBOTIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A01G25/09 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture and can be used for the automatic irrigation of crops with the aid of circular electrified rain machines. The robotic irrigation system comprises a pipeline of a closed irrigation network (6) with a controllable electrical latch and a circular electrified rain machine (1) which comprises a fixed support (4), apertures which are hingedly connected to each other and representing a truss (21) provided with a water pipeline (2), one end of which is arranged on a self-propelled trolley (22) provided with an electric drive, solar panels (26), an inverter, accumulator batteries and rain nozzles (3). The solar panels (26) are fastened to the water pipeline (2) of each passage by means of brackets. The solar panels are arranged above the pipeline (2) and are arranged in the same horizontal plane. The solar panels are also integrated into a single circuit in series-parallel which is connected via a controller (28) to a three-phase inverter and to the main and reserve accumulator batteries arranged in the chest (32) located on a foundation adjacent to a fixed support (4) which in turn is additionally equipped with a weather station containing a thermometer, hygrometer, anemorumbometer and a pluviometer for recording natural precipitation. Self-propelled trolleys (22) are equipped with soil moisture sensors which are installed with the possibility of forced penetration into different depths of the fertile layer and their extraction before the start of the movement of the machine (1). The machine is equipped with an on-board computer (33), which is installed at the top of the outermost trolley (22) and is equipped with a modem (34) with a backup communication channel providing communication with the Internet via a radio channel. The on-board computer (33) is also provided with a GPS/GLONASS receiver (35) for determining the azimuth of the pipeline (2) of the machine (1) in real time. An electrical connector is additionally installed on the fixed support (4) in order to use the electrical energy generated during the idle time of the machine (1).

EFFECT: ensured is increase in the level of automation and autonomy of the irrigation system, improvement of energy and water resources consumption by automatically adjusting the irrigation standards and the irrigation schedule according to weather conditions, soil moisture, precipitation volume and remoteness as well as improved solar-powered power for the rainfall machine.

1 cl, 9 dwg