Robotic Systems and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Livestock

Abstract

Livestock farming is a sub-branch of agriculture that has been going on for generations and enables human beings to meet their basic food needs. Animals with economic value are fed, cared for and produced. Cattle, ovine, poultry and beekeeping are included in animal husbandry. It is aimed to meet the food needs of people by meeting the needs of animals such as care and feeding. Animal farms are established to meet these needs. Providing the needs of animals in farms is based on human power. However, today, with the development of technology, machines are replacing human power. With the introduction of subject areas such as embedded systems, robotics and artificial intelligence into our lives, there are more comprehensive solutions to the problems encountered. It has been suggested that animal husbandry should be done by making use of the existing technology in the most accurate way by reducing the labor force caused by human error. In this study, artificial intelligence applications, image processing based systems, autonomous farm systems were examined within the scope of animal husbandry in the literature. Based on the investigations, it was concluded that the production quality and speed of an artificial intelligence-based farm increased at a high rate by minimizing human error. The use of systems with artificial intelligence, which can make its own decision in existing farms, can detect diseases as well as production and feeding. It is aimed to achieve maximum efficiency based on purely numerical data.

Keywords

• Livestock
• Farm Systems
• Artificial Intelligence Applications
• Autonomous Technologies
• Image Processing
• Robotic Systems

Hayvancılıkta Robotik Sistemler ve Yapay Zekâ Uygulamaları

Abstract

Hayvancılık, nesillerdir devam eden ve insanoğlunun temel gıda ihtiyacını karşılamasını sağlayan tarımın bir alt koludur. Ekonomik değer taşıyan hayvanların beslenmesi, bakımı ve üretimi yapılmaktadır. Büyükbaş, küçükbaş, tavukçuluk ve arıcılıkta hayvancılık kapsamında yer almaktadır. Temelinde hayvanların bakımı ve beslenmesi gibi gereksinimlerini karşılayarak insanların gıda ihtiyaçlarının sağlanması amaçlanmıştır. Bu ihtiyaçları karşılamak için hayvan çiftlikleri kurulmaktadır. Çiftliklerde hayvanların gereksinimlerinin sağlanması insan gücüne dayalı olarak sürdürülmektedir. Ancak günümüzde teknolojinin gelişmesiyle insan gücünün yerine makineler geçmektedir. Gömülü sistemler, robotik ve yapay zeka gibi konu alanlarının hayatımıza girmesiyle beraber karşılaşılan sorunlara daha kapsamlı çözümler bulunmaktadır. İnsan hatasından kaynaklanan ve kullanılan iş gücünü azaltarak en doğru bir şekilde mevcut teknolojiden faydalanılarak hayvancılık yapılması önerilmiştir. Çalışmamızda, literatürde bulunan hayvancılık kapsamında yapay zeka uygulamaları, görüntü işleme tabanlı sistemler, otonom çiftlik sistemleri incelenmiştir. İncelemelerden yola çıkarak insan hatasını minimize ederek yapay zeka tabanlı bir çiftliğin üretim kalitesi ve hızı yüksek oranda arttığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Mevcut çiftliklerde kendi kararını verebilen yapay zekaya sahip sistemlerin kullanılması üretim ve beslemenin yanı sıra hastalık tespiti de yapabilmektedir. Tamamen sayısal verilerden yola çıkarak maksimum verim elde etmek hedeflenmektedir.

Keywords

• Hayvancılık
• Çiftlik Sistemleri
• Yapay Zeka Uygulamaları
• Otonom Teknolojiler
• Görüntü İşleme
• Robotik Sistemler

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