Title :
Bovine intelligence for training horses
Author :
Billingsley, John
Author_Institution :
Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Abstract :
A rail-mounted model of a small cow is to be used in the training of horses for camp-drafting contests. The paper concerns the addition of sensors and a strategy to enable the machine to respond to the proximity of the horse in a manner that will represent the behaviour of a live calf.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences; mobile robots; sensors; bovine intelligence; camp-drafting contest; live calf; rail-mounted model; responsive behaviour; robotic horse-training; sensor; small cow; Acceleration; Bovine; DC motors; Horses; Intelligent sensors; Machine intelligence; Mobile robots; Rails; Voltage; Wheels; Robotic horse-training; responsive behaviour; sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 2007. M2VIP 2007. 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1358-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1358-4
DOI :
10.1109/MMVIP.2007.4430708