It takes a team effort at Mississippi State’s Bearden Dairy Research Center to produce 369,000 gallons of milk every year from 200 cows. A surprising new team member showing potential for herding large numbers of cows is a ground robot, equipped to navigate pasture and sense and direct herd movement.
Investigating the possible use of uncrewed ground vehicles for safer and more efficient livestock movement and management are scientists in the university’s Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and Raspet Flight Research…