Autonomous Feed Vehicle Adjustable Dispensing Chute
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing autonomous feed displacement vehicles are inefficient in dispensing feed supplements as the chute, being non-adjustable, often remains too far from animals, especially when dispensing roughage, leading to resistance issues and waste.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle is equipped with an adjustable dispensing device that can modify the dispensing distance based on local conditions and animal type, using sensors and control systems to ensure optimal feed supplement delivery, including adjustable chute length and dispensing rate, and oscillating patterns to spread the feed effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the chute is made collapsible but not adjustable, then the device can reduce complexity, but the dispensing distance cannot be optimized for different conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The chute is transformed from a static structure to a dynamic one by introducing an adjustment mechanism that allows it to change its position and angle. This enables the dispensing device to adapt to varying distances and conditions, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity by making the structure dynamically adjustable rather than fixed or merely collapsible
2Ease of operation
If the chute is fixed at a long distance, then the device structure is simple, but the feed supplement cannot reach animals when feed mound resistance is high
Solution Approach 1:
The chute's position and angle parameters are made variable through an adjustment mechanism. This allows the dispensing distance and direction to be optimized based on feed mound resistance and animal location, improving delivery effectiveness without requiring a completely complex system by adjusting key geometric parameters
3Reliability
If the chute is made adjustable, then the dispensing distance can be optimized, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The chute is transformed from a static structure to a dynamic one by introducing an adjustment mechanism that allows it to change its position and angle. This enables the dispensing device to adapt to varying distances and conditions, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity by making the structure dynamically adjustable rather than fixed or merely collapsible
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AI summary
An autonomously displaceable feed displacement vehicle (1), comprising a frame which is provided with driven wheels (4'), a feed displacement means (12) which is designed to push aside feed situated on the ground, a container (22) for a feed supplement (24) to be dispensed, a dispensing device (25) for dispensing the feed supplement from the container and an adjustment means (28) which is designed such that the dispensing device can be adjusted, preferably autonomously and on the basis of at least one position-dependent parameter, in order to dispense the feed supplement at a desired dispensing distance. As a result thereof, it is possible to always dispense the feed supplement, such as a feed additive, at a correct distance/position, i.e. not on a sloping side of the feed, but on a flat top, and not on the ground, but only on the pushed feed itself.