PlantTalk: A Smartphone-Based Intelligent Hydroponic Plant Box

Area of Science:

• Agricultural Technology
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Smart Farming

Background:

• Traditional hydroponic systems lack intelligent automation and flexible control.
• Integrating diverse sensors and actuators in plant factories can be complex.
• Developing custom plant-care algorithms often requires specialized hardware and expertise.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose PlantTalk, an IoT-based intelligent hydroponic plant factory solution.
• To enable flexible configuration of plant sensors and actuators via smartphones.
• To facilitate the development of custom plant-care intelligence using Python programming on smartphones.

Main Methods:

• Developed an IoT framework (PlantTalk) controllable via smartphone.
• Enabled flexible connection of various plant sensors and actuators.
• Implemented Python programming for creating plant-care intelligence (e.g., automated lighting, watering).

Main Results:

• PlantTalk allows smartphone-based configuration and control of hydroponic systems.
• Python programs on smartphones can manage automated plant-care functions.
• Demonstrated effective reduction of CO2 concentration, achieving 53% faster reduction than traditional systems.

Conclusions:

• PlantTalk offers a novel, flexible, and intelligent approach to hydroponic plant factory management.
• Smartphone integration democratizes the creation of advanced plant-care intelligence.
• The PlantTalk system, extended as AgriTalk, shows significant potential for optimizing controlled environment agriculture.