Transcript CATTLE SENSING DEVICES

CATTLE SENSING
DEVICES
MISSI CROSS
Sensing Devices in Cattle
• Tracking Movement of Cattle with
Satellites
• Mobile Sensing Network for
Autonomous Animal Control
• Virtual Fencing for Cattle
Tracking Movement of Cattle with
Satellites
• This is very similar to On Star in vehicles
• A collar equipped with a Global Positioning
System (GPS) and radio receivers is put onto
cattle
• Researchers want to know where and why
cattle roam where they do
• Also to have a better understanding of cattle
grazing behaviors
• This would allow ranchers to disperse their
cattle more effectively
Collar
With
Tracking
Device
Tracking Movement of Cattle with
Satellites
• These collars receive information from a
constellation of 24 to 30 satellites that may be
working at any one time.
• With this information it tells within a few
meters of where the cattle are at in the field
and at what time they were there
• It can also track head movement which
indicates weather the cattle are eating,
sleeping, or walking
Mobile Sensing Network for
Autonomous Animal Control
• This is a sensing system that is designed to
keep bulls from fighting
• During breeding season the fighting can result
in serious injury and reduce the value of the
bull tremendously
• This uses electrical stimuli to keep them from
fighting
This is a specially designed collar which contains
pockets to hold
-The FLECK board and Stimuli Board box
-2 Batteries
-GPS Antenna
-Radio Antenna
Mobile Sensing Network for
Autonomous Animal Control
• This sensing network uses GPS to track the
bulls movement
• It uses different values of thresholds which
indicates if the bull is acting aggressive or not
• Once the bull is being aggressive then it
triggers electrical stimuli
• Which usually makes the bull stop or turn
around
Virtual Fencing
• The cattle would wear a collar that is designed
to carry:
- Electronics
- GPS
- Radio antenna
- Batteries
- Equipment providing the stimuli (including
audio, vibration, light and electrical
stimulation)
Virtual Fencing Collars
Virtual Fencing
• It gives the cattle warnings as they get close to
the fence
• Starting with vibrations and progressing to a
electrical Stimuli
• It may take the cattle a short amount of time
to figure out where the virtual fence
• Once the cattle know where it is then they will
more than likely stay away from it
Virtual Fencing
• It would do away with the barb wire and
post
• The researchers found it worked better
when providing the cattle with a visual
aid (electric fence), along with the collar
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