Agricultural robotics

Krishi Robo — Kheti Insights

A field-focused robotics concept created to bring practical technology closer to farmers and explore how sensing, mobility and automation can support everyday agricultural work.

Young scientist developing an agricultural robot with seedlings
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The challenge

What needed attention.

Farm technology is often expensive, complex or disconnected from the practical realities of smaller farms.

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The approach

How the idea responds.

Start with focused use cases, keep the prototype understandable, and combine simple mobility, sensing and useful field observations before adding complexity.

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The learning

What the work revealed.

A farming robot should be designed around the farmer's workflow—not around the number of features that can be added.

How it works

A mobile assistant for the field.

Kheti Insight moves through farmland collecting environmental information that can support better irrigation planning and more sustainable farming practices.

Controller
ESP32-based system
Sensors
Soil moisture, temperature, humidity
Platform
Mobile robotic base with motor-driven actuation

What this project carries

Signals of progress.

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Links robotics with a real social need

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Designed around practical accessibility

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Creates a platform for future field experiments

See it in action

In the field, in their words.

Real conversations recorded during development, not stock testimonials.

Kheti Insight, explained

Rakesh Bolia

Farmer interview
More from this interview:Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6

Hydrogel Demonstration

Field demonstration
More from this demonstration:Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6

Himangini Auntie

Interview
Needs a pass with Pranay before this goes fully liveSpeaker names and roles above are taken directly from the file names shared. Worth a quick confirm on how each person should be credited before this goes live.

Evidence, not exaggeration

An honest view of
what exists.

Portfolio credibility comes from showing what is available, what is being developed and what still needs to be documented.

Open the 3D showcase
Prototype visualavailable
Field-test interviews (3, w/ farmer & hydrogel demo)available
Explainer videoavailable
Technical schematicto add
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