Digital Agritechnology: Robotics and Systems for Agriculture and Livestock Production

Digital Agritechnology describes how systems acquire and use data in livestock production and agricultural systems, and how researchers can extract and aggregate the efficiencies generated. The origins of digital agritechnology are decades old, and this has already contributed to improvements without the need for controversial chemical and genetic tools. Robotic milkers have been available for over 20 years, and GPS-based tractor controls have existed for nearly 30 years. However, only a few capabilities of these sensing and control systems are used. This book addresses the need to educate agriculturists of the full usage scale of these arable and livestock systems. Features how-to guides on extracting and analysing data from digital systemsDescribes the quality standards for data security and transmissionFocuses on state-of-the-art systems in livestock production as well as arable and indoor agriculture INDICE: 1. Introduction and history of digital agritechnology2. Data communications between systems IsoBus and canBus3. Animal monitoring using sensors mounted on the animal4. Wireless communications systems and networks5. Precision Livestock Farming of indoor animals6. Robotic milking and integrated sensing of dairy cows7. Data structures and presenting data8. Agricultural applications of UAV/drone captured data9. Sensors used in agritechnology10. Image capture in Agritechnology11. Sensing and control in indoor crop production12. Robotic field vehicles13. Cloud data and how to use it to manage agriculture14. Data analysis on farm and integrating farm accounts and digital data15. Digital mapping technologies and their use in farming16. The impact of digital data on veterinary diagnostics

• ISBN: 978-0-12-817634-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 276
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés