Abstract: A system for monitoring the welfare of livestock in a shed, the system including a plurality of sensors for measuring ambient conditions in the shed; a robot, adapted to move through the shed; a processing engine and a memory operatively associated with the processing engine. The robot includes at least two cameras, one of which is a thermal camera. The processing engine is operatively associated with the robot and the plurality of sensors for receiving data recorded by the robot and the plurality of sensors, the recorded data including measurements of ambient conditions in the shed; and images from the at two cameras.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 1, 2021
Assignee:
FARM ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SL
Inventors:
Jorg Hartung, Heiner Lehr, Daniel Roses Domenech
Abstract: A system for monitoring the welfare of livestock in a shed, the system including a plurality of sensors for measuring ambient conditions in the shed; a robot, adapted to move through the shed; a processing engine and a memory operatively associated with the processing engine. The robot includes at least two cameras, one of which is a thermal camera. The processing engine is operatively associated with the robot and the plurality of sensors for receiving data recorded by the robot and the plurality of sensors, the recorded data including measurements of ambient conditions in the shed; and images from the at two cameras.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2017
Publication date:
October 10, 2019
Applicant:
FARM ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SL
Inventors:
Jorg HARTUNG, Heiner LEHR, Daniel Roses Domenech