I'm totally new and unexperienced here, so forgive me for acting like a fool.Has anyone ever heard of UAVs acting like barking dogs to manage livestock from the air?I can see highly manoeuvrable RC blimps (eh, http://www.hyperblimp.com ) gently pushing and pulling cattle, goats, sheep, in the right direction, and guiding them to where there's some fresh grass.This would allow for and reinvigorate a "free range" livestock industry - something that's becoming a trend (at least in Europe, perhaps in the U.S.?). No more cattle pushed into tiny concrete spaces, but allowed to graze the great wilderness -- think of the savannahs in Africa, the pampas in Argentina... The great outdoors made available, and controlled by a barking dog blimp!!!I'm sure this has been tried. But in any case, does anyone know of anyone making a business out of this?After all, all you need is a blimp with a long range, a bit of a live camera, and a tape-recording of a barking dog!!!!I'm going to make millions replacing cattle herders and gauchos!! All from my lazy chair!
You need to be a member of diydrones to add comments!
Lorenzo,
I manage a small cattle farm in rural Georgia. I've often wanted a robotic vehicle (ground or air) to surveil the property for various reasons:
* Are the cows in the right pasture? Is there an open gate or downed fence?
* Why are some cows mooing so loud? Is a calf separated from its mother? Predator or intruder present?
* During heavy rains, is the creek too high for the cows to cross it?
So, I think there are many applications for autonomous or remote control vehicles in agriculture.
Kelly Carter
Replies
Kelly your on the money with your thoughts, we are playing with just such a thing for South Africa.
I manage a small cattle farm in rural Georgia. I've often wanted a robotic vehicle (ground or air) to surveil the property for various reasons:
* Are the cows in the right pasture? Is there an open gate or downed fence?
* Why are some cows mooing so loud? Is a calf separated from its mother? Predator or intruder present?
* During heavy rains, is the creek too high for the cows to cross it?
So, I think there are many applications for autonomous or remote control vehicles in agriculture.
Kelly Carter