03 / INTER IIT TECH MEET 9.0 · 2021

Designed for the hills.

An agricultural robot concept for mechanized farming on hilly terrain — shaped around useful farm tasks, traction, and accessible operation.

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Illustrative concept render of a small agricultural robot on a hillside — Agrobot · illustrative render

Hilly terrainDesigned use case

3 farm tasksPlant · transplant · weed

BronzeInter IIT Tech Meet 9.0

01 — THE CHALLENGE

Bring practical farm automation to uneven ground.

AGRICULTURAL DESIGN INNOVATION

For the Agrobot Design Innovation Challenge, our IIT Madras team developed a concept for cost-effective, eco-friendly, easy-to-operate mechanized farming on hilly terrain.

The robot concept focused on core agricultural tasks: seed metering, transplantation, and weed removal. We also worked on robot behavior, simulations, and semi-autonomous driving, with anti-slip movement over sloping terrain as a key consideration.

The team represented IIT Madras at Inter IIT Tech Meet 9.0 in 2021 and earned a bronze medal.

02 — DESIGN PRIORITIES

Make the system useful where the terrain is demanding.

01 / MOBILITY

Grip on slopes

Consider anti-slip behavior and stable movement across uneven, hilly ground.

02 / FARMING

Support key tasks

Explore mechanisms for metering seeds, transplanting, and removing weeds.

03 / OPERATION

Keep it accessible

Frame the concept around a cost-effective, eco-friendly, easy-to-operate system.

Concept visuals

Illustrative · 02 frames

Illustrative agricultural robot concept on a sloped crop field — Hilly terrain robot — concept view

Illustrative seed-metering and planting mechanism on an agricultural robot — Seed metering and planting — detail view

These are concept illustrations created for this portfolio page; they are not photographs or CAD exports of the original competition prototype.

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