PRECISION FARMING ▶▶▶


Robotics revolution happening now


R BY JAKE DAVIES


obotics could offer poultry producers a way to reduce reliance on labour and improve environ- mental monitoring within sheds. Automated devices that patrol poultry units, keeping birds


moving and measuring data at their level are becoming increasingly common. One such example is RoboChick, a modular device developed in partnership with universities and industry in the UK. The


In the developed world it is becoming increasingly hard to source labour to do some of the less pleasant tasks on poultry farms, and some argue that a key way to improve welfare is to improve the amount of environmental monitoring that takes place on farm. Here, we review a project to develop a device, and consider some alternatives that are already on the market.


Apart from monitoring, the robot disturbance is actually allowing smaller birds to get feed and water, increasing flock uniformity. ▶ POULTRY WORLD | No. 4, 2019 13


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