Designing and Simulating the Control Process of a Feed Pusher Robot Used on a Dairy Farm

Feeding cattle on livestock farms is a labor-intensive operation that requires considerable capital investments to purchase equipment and cover labour costs. The global trends in developing technological equipment for feeding cattle include the robotization of various processes. The operation of fee...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 11; no. 22; p. 10665
Main Authors Pavkin, Dmitriy Yu, Shilin, Denis V., Nikitin, Evgeniy A., Kiryushin, Ivan A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
Subjects
Additives
Animal lactation
Animals
automated feeding
Cattle
Costs
Dairy cattle
Dairy farms
Dietary minerals
Dietary supplements
Farms
Feed additives
Feeding
Feeds
Food additives
Livestock
Livestock farming
Milk
modern farm cattle
Modernization
Production costs
Robots
Rubles
Semantics
Sensors
Simulation
wheeled mobile robot
Netherlands
Germany
Russia
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Summary:Feeding cattle on livestock farms is a labor-intensive operation that requires considerable capital investments to purchase equipment and cover labour costs. The global trends in developing technological equipment for feeding cattle include the robotization of various processes. The operation of feed pushing on the feeding table is an integral part of the feeding process, which has a significant impact on livestock productivity. This study concentrates on the simulation modeling of a feed pusher robot using Simulink tools in the Matlab environment to facilitate robot modernization or optimize the final cost for artificial testing of typical system elements and reduce production costs. Based on a simulation model, an experimental sample was designed with a controlled dispenser of feed additives, which can significantly facilitate the feeding process and optimize the dosing of concentrated additives.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app112210665