@misc{10481/103427,
year = {2025},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/103427},
abstract = {The increase in global population, climate change and
the scarcity of resources are some of the reasons why
the improvement of the agricultural sector has become a
crucial issue for the future of our society. Recently, the
growth of Internet of Things (IoT) has meant a revolution
in many industries, including the agricultural sector, where
the employment of this technology is considered the ideal
formula to boost crop efficiency. In this work we present
a complete high performance IoT solution, consisting of
an innovative printed smart radio frequency identification
(RFID) tag and an autonomous measuring system based
on a robotic platform, designed for soil monitoring
purposes. The smart RFID tags are employed to obtain
soil parameters, crucial for the correct development of the
crops: humidity, oxygen concentration and temperature.
The tag is novelly developed on a humidity dependent
and flexible transparent foil substrate. The former feature
enables the direct measurement of relative humidity (RH)
by a capacitive structure defined on the substrate while the
latter characteristic allows the sensing of oxygen content
via a membrane whose luminescence intensity changes
with the influence of this parameter. Effects on the
antenna response are measured when the tag is placed in
soil environment at root depth to validate the excellent
sensing behaviour of the tag.
Finally, to advance the scope of this work and to
show the promising performance of the tags as part of a
monitoring system in the field of smart agriculture, a robot
equipped with an UHF reader and IoT features, capable
of automating the finding and reading of the designed
RFID tags, is designed. This robot sends the information
via internet for its further processing, thus constituting a
low-cost, large-scale and environmentally friendly solution,
ideal for enhancing crops performance.},
organization = {Andalusian regional projects, Spain: B-RNM-680-UGR20, P20_00265, P21_00105},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Sciences and Innovation through the National Projects PID2020-117344RB-I00, TED2021-129949A-I00},
organization = {Ramón y Cajal fellow, Spain RYC2019-027457-I},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Printed RFID sensing system: The cost-effective way to IoT smart agriculture},
doi = {10.1016/j.compag.2025.110116},
author = {Gómez-Gijón, Sonia and Salmerón, José F. and Falco, Aniello and Loghin, Florin C. and Lugli, Paolo and Morales Santos, Diego Pedro and Rodríguez Santiago, Noel and Rivadeneyra Torres, Almudena},
}