Robots for Shearing Sheep: Shear Magic (Oxford Science Publications) - Hardcover

Trevelyan, James P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198562527 ISBN 13: 9780198562528

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This is an account of a research project which took robots from their usual structured routines and successfully used them to reproduce the very human skill of sheep shearing. Originally ridiculed by international experts, the project is now hailed as an example of how clever robots can be. One of the great lessons of the project was the need for technical experts to be able to communicate with a wide variety of others, including funding agencies, shearers, farmers, the media and specialists in very different fields. Therefore this book, though written for experts and researchers, as far as possible uses non-specialist language. Technicalities and specialities are explained in separate sections where necessary, so that the book can be read by project managers or robotics specialists with equal interest.

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About the Author

James P. Trevelyan is Technical Consultant, Automated Sheep Shearing Project, University of Western Australia. His duties associated with the project have included the extensive documentation and reporting of the work to its sponsors and collaborating experts as it progressed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198562527
• ISBN 13: 9780198562528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 410