Robots for shearing sheep : shear magic /
Trevelyan, James P.,
Robots for shearing sheep : shear magic / James P. Trevelyan. - xii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford science publications . - Oxford science publications. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-389) and index.
"This is an account of an extraordinary research project which took robots from their usual structured routines and successfully used them to reproduce the very human skill of sheep shearing. It is a story of immense ingenuity, persistence, planning, occasional luck, and, very importantly,commitment and teamwork. Originally ignored by international experts, the project is now hailed as an example of how versatile robots can be. One of the great lessons of the project was the need for technical experts to communicate effectively with many other people including funding agencies,shearers, farmers, the media, and specialists in different fields. Therefore this book, though written for experts and researchers, uses non-specialist language as much as possible. Technicalities and specialties are carefully explained in separate sections where necessary, so the book can be readby project managers or robotics specialists with equal interest."--Publisher description.
0198562527 9780198562528
91034936
Sheep-shearing
Robotics.
SF379 / .T74 1992
636.3145
Robots for shearing sheep : shear magic / James P. Trevelyan. - xii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford science publications . - Oxford science publications. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-389) and index.
"This is an account of an extraordinary research project which took robots from their usual structured routines and successfully used them to reproduce the very human skill of sheep shearing. It is a story of immense ingenuity, persistence, planning, occasional luck, and, very importantly,commitment and teamwork. Originally ignored by international experts, the project is now hailed as an example of how versatile robots can be. One of the great lessons of the project was the need for technical experts to communicate effectively with many other people including funding agencies,shearers, farmers, the media, and specialists in different fields. Therefore this book, though written for experts and researchers, uses non-specialist language as much as possible. Technicalities and specialties are carefully explained in separate sections where necessary, so the book can be readby project managers or robotics specialists with equal interest."--Publisher description.
0198562527 9780198562528
91034936
Sheep-shearing
Robotics.
SF379 / .T74 1992
636.3145