Design and Implementation of Livestock Robot for Egg Picking and Classification in the Farm

Wang, Chia-Hui; Xie, Bo-Xuan; Chang, Chung‐Liang

doi:10.1109/isee2.2019.8921255

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“…When the robot is performing egg recognition, the robot will give priority to avoiding any obstacle it detects. In terms of the movement and behavior of the robot, a previous approach uses a walking method in which the robot first moves along the edge and then to the center of the field in a spiral manner [ 55 ]. This method is suitable for use on flat ground.…”

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Visual Guidance and Egg Collection Scheme for a Smart Poultry Robot for Free-Range Farms

Chang

Xie

Wang

2020

Sensors

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Free-range chicken farming allows egg-laying hens to move freely through their environment and perform their natural behavior, including laying her eggs. However, it takes time to gather these eggs manually, giving rise to high labor costs. This study proposes a smart mobile robot for poultry farms that can recognize eggs of two different colors on free-range farms. The robot can also pick up and sort eggs without damaging them. An egg feature extraction method with automatic thresholding is employed to detect both white and brown eggs, and a behavior-based navigation method is applied to allow the robot to reach the eggs while avoiding obstacles. The robot can move towards the position of each egg via visual tracking. Once the egg is within the collection area of the robot, it is gathered, sorted and stored in the tank inside the robot. Experiments are carried out in an outdoor field of size 5 m × 5 m under different climatic conditions, and the results showed that the average egg recognition rate is between 94.7% and 97.6%. The proposed mobile poultry robot is low in production cost and simple in operation. It can provide chicken farmers with automatic egg gathering on free-range farms.

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Visual Guidance and Egg Collection Scheme for a Smart Poultry Robot for Free-Range Farms

Chang

Xie

Wang

2020

Sensors

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“…Bastiaan, Usher, Chang, et al have developed various prototypes of egg collection robots, some of them can realize egg picking and classification at the same time [28] . Poultrybot is a system in current development for automated floor-egg collection, in experiments, 46% of over 300 eggs were collected successfully [28,[113][114][115][116][117] . The system developed by Joffe et al was retrofitted with a Microsoft Kinect 3D camera and a commercially available "indoor GPS" system, and the robust testing of the egg picking algorithms yielded a success rate of 91.6% [28,117] .…”

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Development status and trend of agricultural robot technology

Jin¹,

Liu²,

Xu³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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In the face of the contradiction between the increasing demand for agricultural products and the sharp reduction of agricultural resources and labor force, agricultural robot technology is developing explosively on the basis of decades of technical and industrial exploration. In view of the complexity and particularity of the development of agricultural robot technology, it is of great value to summarize its development characteristics and make reasonable judgments on its development trend. In this paper, the type of agricultural robot systems was first discussed. From the classification of agricultural robot systems, the development of main types of monitoring robots, non-selective and selective working robots for crop farming, livestock and poultry farming and aquaculture were introduced in detail. Then the scientific research, core technology, and commercialization of different types of agricultural robots were summarized. It is believed that navigation in complex agricultural environments, damage-free robot-crop interaction, and agronomy-robot fusion have high scientific value and significance to promote the revolutionary advances in agricultural robot technology. The characteristics of inter-discipline between agricultural robot technology and new materials, artificial intelligence, bionics, agronomy are research focus. The fast damage-free operation, autonomous navigation for complex environments, target detection for complex backgrounds, and special design for agricultural robots are considered to be the key technology of agricultural robot development, and the development path is given. Finally, robot-crop interaction simulation, big data support, and artificial intelligence are regarded as paths to realize the breakthrough of key agricultural robot technologies. The summary and prospect of this paper are of positive significance to promote the overall development of agricultural robot technology.

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Development and trends of chicken farming robots in chicken farming tasks: A review

Yang,

Cui,

Ying

2024

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

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Design and Implementation of Livestock Robot for Egg Picking and Classification in the Farm

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Visual Guidance and Egg Collection Scheme for a Smart Poultry Robot for Free-Range Farms

Visual Guidance and Egg Collection Scheme for a Smart Poultry Robot for Free-Range Farms

Development status and trend of agricultural robot technology

Development and trends of chicken farming robots in chicken farming tasks: A review

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