Autors: Hristov, V. D., Damyanov, I. S., Chekurov, I. D.
Title: Robot to collect cattle droppings from pastures - concept
Keywords: cattle dropping, cow, mobile robot, pastures.

Abstract: The present work addresses the issue of conceptual development of a mobile robot for cow excreta collection in pasture rearing. The issue is very topical, since the role of organic animal husbandry is increasingly being addressed in order to obtain products with high quality indicators, and on the other hand the area of pasture is decreasing. The transition from standard livestock farming to intelligent livestock farming is very much on the agenda, which is why various concepts for rotational grazing are being developed. In this work, the problem is analyzed and a conceptual model of a robot is proposed by defining and classifying the systems it should possess.

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Issue

2024 9th International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Agricultural Engineering, EE and AE 2024 - Proceedings, 2024, , https://doi.org/10.1109/EEAE60309.2024.10600560

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