International Business Machines Corporation
Livestock management

Abstract:

A method of managing livestock includes selecting an area of interest (AOI) from among a plurality of AOIs as a target AOI, defining a route along which livestock is to be guided to the target AOI, guiding the livestock to the target AOI via the defined route using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), identifying a stress condition of the livestock using the UAV, and reducing the stress condition of the livestock using the UAV. Identifying the stress condition includes identifying an animal not belonging to the livestock causing stress in at least one animal belonging to the livestock. Reducing the stress condition includes diverting the identified animal not belonging to the livestock away from the livestock by adjusting the distance of the UAV relative to the identified animal.