FeedR feeding robot
Agri - System integration - Mobile control
An innovative autonomous feeding system for accurate feeding of calves and goats.
Background
Sieplo develops, manufactures and sells feeding systems for the livestock industry in Europe. Mixing bins, mixing trucks, stationary mixing units and milling bins are devices that Sieplo sells from Lunteren. From 2012 we developed a feeding robot for calf farming together with Sieplo. After years of intensive development and optimization, the feeding robot was finally introduced to the market in 2019 under the name FeedR.
With this revolutionary energy-efficient feeding robot, modern livestock farmers have all the ingredients for the highest returns: maximum feed quality and efficiency. The unmanned robot operates fully automatically and fits into virtually all barns. Accurate registration per pen ensures early detection of health problems, higher feed intake and less residual feed.
Challenge
To develop a future-oriented feeding system that is capable of accurately dosing fresh feed several times a day and that can be easily integrated into existing, often cramped, barns. Rations must be easily adjustable and the system must meet the increasing demand for information about the feeding process.
Accurate mixing and dosing of a variety of feeds in the different life stages of calves and goats is not easy due to the variation in quantity, composition and properties. The agricultural environment requires a robust and safe solution, while high accuracy and operational reliability are required. Also, the feeding system must be easy to install on diverse farms, after all, no stable situation is the same.
Solution
A totally integrated control solution that is modularly built from the physical robot controller, a central process controller with feed management software, Wi-Fi communication, decentralized feed loading systems and a web portal including a feed management app to efficiently adjust rations to daily practice. Using our RIMOTE Integration plarform, the system can also be remotely operated, serviced and users are notified when needed, for example reporting an empty feed store.
The feed management software, ensures the most optimal execution of the feeding schedule by one or more feeding robots. These mixing robots navigate autonomously through RFID technology as part of the RIBOTIC Navigation platform. Thus, they automatically find their way to feed loading stations, battery charging station, mix the different feed types into a homogeneous mixture, accurately drive through tight aisles and accurately dose the feed ration several times a day, thus approaching the natural eating behavior of the animals closer than ever.
A highly accurate weighing system in combination with smart software algorithms from the RIMOTE Process platform makes it possible for a robust mechanical solution to accurately dispense the large spread in feed ration composition. To allow the robot to navigate smoothly yet safely in the challenging farm environment, safe bumpers and laser scanners are used.
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