Agriculture: Robot to drive cattle to suitable grazing areas
An autonomous herding robot is to help out in agriculture and guide cattle to the grazing areas that are best for them.
A prototype of a SwagBot designed to help out in agriculture by herding cattle and leading them to suitable grazing areas.
(Image: Universität Sydney)
An autonomous herding robot called SwagBot is to help out in livestock and pasture farming and guide cattle to the meadows that are best suited to them. The SwagBot has four legs with wheels and is equipped with various sensors and cameras. With the help of machine learning, it should be able to recognize the health of cows or see whether a pasture has already been grazed.
The development of the SwagBot began back in 2016 at the University of Sydney. It was initially intended to herd cattle. It is therefore able to drive on uneven ground. This was reported by Agrarheute, among others. The price for the robot is said to be 20,000 euros, according to the report.
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The robot comes from the start-up Agerris, a spin-off from the University of Sydney, which has been working on robots for agriculture since 2005. Until now, farmers have "As soon as the cattle get used to the robot, they will follow it everywhere", explains Salah Sukkarieh, Professor of Robotics at the University of Sydney and Agerris CEO.
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For large grazing areas, the SwagBot could be a relief and relieve farmers of work by collecting data and keeping track of cattle and grazing areas, which is not always easy, especially for large areas. According to a press release from the University of Sydney, Agerris is also developing other robots such as Rippa, which monitors fields and orchards, and another robot that can weed. Researchers in Germany are also working on similar projects. Some robots have solar panels on them.
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