The design and evaluation of a mobile sensor/actuator network for autonomous animal control

摘要: This paper investigates a mobile, wireless sensor/actuator network application for use in the cattle breeding industry. Our goal is to prevent fighting between bulls on-farm paddocks by autonomously applying appropriate stimuli when one bull approaches another bull. an important because high-value animals such as during seasons causes significant financial loss producers. Furthermore, there are challenges this type of it requires dynamic animal state estimation, real-time actuation and efficient mobile transmissions. We designed implemented estimation algorithm based on state-machine mechanism each animal. Autonomous performed estimated states relative other animals. A simple, yet effective, communication model has been proposed achieve high delivery rates environments. evaluated performance our design both simulations field experiments, which demonstrated effectiveness autonomous control system.