Design and implementation of a system for automatic milking and feeding

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Devir, S ^a   Hogeveen, H ^a   Hogewerf, P H ^a   Ipema, A H ^a   Ketelaar De Lauwere, C C ^a   Rossing, W ^a   Smits, A C ^a   Stefanowska, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FARMS; FEEDING; MILKING MACHINES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; ROBOTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED FEEDING SYSTEM; AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM; COW TRAFFIC CONTROL; MANAGEMENT CONTROL; ROBOT CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 0030123156     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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