外文摘要：Feeding remains a critical component in rabbit farming. In rabbit production, precise feeding is imperative, given its significant role in augmenting feed efficiency, curtailing farming expenses, reducing disease prevalence and mortality rates, and lessening environmental pollution. This study presents the design and development of a rabbit feeding robot that synergises mobile robotics and mechanical arm technology, aiming for exact feed dispensation within rabbit hutches through a mechanism that precisely quantifies feed volume. The robot developed for this purpose notably minimises feed fragmentation and mitigates stress responses in rabbits, thus facilitating unsupervised, precise feeding tailored to varied dietary needs. Experimental outcomes, garnered within a rabbit hutch, reveal that the mobile robot operated at velocities between 0.05 and 0.20 m s(-1). Its navigation and positioning accuracy showed a speed deviation of 1.2 %, a lateral deviation of 5.3 mm, a longitudinal deviation of 7.6 mm, and an angular deviation of 1.1 degrees. The rabbit feeding robot demonstrated a feed quantitative error of 4.3%. At a designated feeding point, the time cycles for dispensing feed across three boxes were recorded as 40.6 s, 50.1 s, and 24.3 s, achieving success rates of 96.3 %, 98.8 %, and 100.0 %, respectively. These results substantiate the practical applicability of the rabbit feeding robot in farming production, thus fostering the progression of intelligent agricultural practices.
外文关键词：precision feeding;Agriculture robot;Livestock breeding robot;Mechanical arm;Robotic systems
作者：Hao, Hongyun;Jiang, Wei;Wang, Liangju;Wang, Hongying;Fan, Jiayu
作者单位：China Agr Univ
期刊名称：BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
期刊影响因子：0.0
出版年份：2024
出版刊次：239
原文传递申请：江苏省科技资源（工程技术文献）统筹服务平台