Sensor systems for milking robots

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-40

  Artmann, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal identification; Equipment monitoring; Hygiene; Milking robots; Sensors; Teat location

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATION; DAIRIES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MILKING MACHINES; MONITORING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; AUTOMATED MILKING SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT MONITORING; MILKING ROBOTS; TEAT LOCATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 0031121480     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1699(96)01231-8     Document Type: Article

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