FlockLight: An automated lighting system for poultry behaviour management

该项目将开发一种智能照明系统，动态响应鸡的行为，以提高福利和生产率。众所周知，鸡舍中正确的照明顺序可以提高FCR和整体生产率。然而，农民仍然在很大程度上通过人工监控来监测问题，照明控制只提供昼夜循环和对整个谷仓的全面控制。我们的工作将开发一种系统，使用鸡的发声来识别聚集和欺凌的问题，然后修改光照水平以导致鸡的分散，从而减少问题的发生。

This project will develop a smart lighting system that dynamically responds to chicken behaviour to improve welfare and productivity. The right lighting sequence in chicken barns is well known to improve FCR and overall productivity. However, farmers are still largely monitoring for problems through manual surveillance and lighting control gives only day/night cycles and blanket control of the whole barn. Our work will develop a system that uses chicken vocalisations to identify problems of clustering and bullying and then modify the light levels to cause chicken dispersal, thereby reducing occurrence of problems.