From robots to animals: Virtual fences for controlling cattle

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 485-508

  Butler, Zack ^a   Corke, Peter ^b   Peterson, Ron ^c   Rus, Daniela ^d  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Dartmouth Department of Computer Science_Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal control; Animal modeling; Distributed control; Virtual fences

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ANIMAL CONTROL; ANIMAL MODELING; CONSTRAINED MOTION; VIRTUAL FENCES;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33646693436     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906065375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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