Method of predicting route failure for an autonomous agricultural vehicle adapted to perform an animal related action in an animal-related space and animal farm system comprising an autonomous agricultural vehicle and processor adapted for carrying out the method

Abstract

Method of predicting route failure for an autonomous agricultural vehicle adapted to perform an animal related action related to at least one of cleaning up and providing feed in an animal-related space, wherein the vehicle is arranged to drive at least one preplanned route in order to perform the animal related action and an animal farm system comprising an autonomous agricultural vehicle adapted to perform the animal related action comprising at least one drive wheel under the control of a control device, for controlling the at least one wheel to move the vehicle in accordance with control signals that are based on a pre-planned route, and at least one of a drive sensor system adapted to collect vehicle driving data and a localization sensor for collecting data related to localization of the vehicle within the animal-related space and a vehicle communication device; and a processor arranged to receive data collected by the vehicle drive sensor system and / or localization sensor via the vehicle communication device and comprising a memory containing a computer program having instructions which, when the program is executed, carry out the method.