Development of a system for selective pasture care by an autonomous mobile machine

Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Seiferth​ studied Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Mobile Machinery/Transport and Off-Road Vehicle Technology. Between 2014 and 2017 he was a scientist at the Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture (LfL) and an external PhD student at the Institute of Agricultural Systems at the Technical University of Dresden.

• Preface.- Importance of pasture grassland and its careful maintenance.- State of the art on grazing farms and the trend of automation in agriculture.- Added value of pasture grazing by automated pasture care.- Potential technologies for the automation of pasture care.- Requirements for automation of pasture care by a mobile machine.- Evaluation, selection and development of components for pasture care automation.- Modeling the machine.- Development of machine control.- Evaluation of the developed machine under real conditions.- Summary and outlook.