Development of a poultry feeder system using line follower robot

Abstract

The method of feeding poultry needs to be considered seriously as chicken must be fed regularly to be more productive. The conventional method of feeding poultry requires poultry to be fed continuously and it increases human workforce to ensure the poultry is fed in correct period of time. This project is related to the development of a poultry feeder system using line follower robot. The aim of this project is to automatically feed poultry at a given period of time and to alert user when the feeds are running out of supply. This project is using line-following robot as the main concept to distribute food. This robot feeder is operated by moving around the barn by tracking lines on the barn floor. Therefore, the proposed method is more efficient than manual conventional way of feeding because less effort will be needed in feeding the chickens and less feeds will be wasted. In this work, the detail design of the robot is described and preliminary experiment to show the usefulness of the propose system is reported.