22 episodes

What have computers got to do with cows? Can a wooden mirror help us understand the computing behind digital image capture? Neil Rowse is the first dairy farmer in the UK to use a computerised system that gives cows control over when they are milked, and allows him to remotely monitor the welfare of individual animals. Daniel Rozin has created an computer operated mirror made from 835 tilting wooden tiles. With the help of a digital camera and a computer programme, the wooden tiles mimic the digital pixel information and tilt themselves into a ‘reflection’. This material is taken from The Open University course T224 Computers and processors.

Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

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What have computers got to do with cows? Can a wooden mirror help us understand the computing behind digital image capture? Neil Rowse is the first dairy farmer in the UK to use a computerised system that gives cows control over when they are milked, and allows him to remotely monitor the welfare of individual animals. Daniel Rozin has created an computer operated mirror made from 835 tilting wooden tiles. With the help of a digital camera and a computer programme, the wooden tiles mimic the digital pixel information and tilt themselves into a ‘reflection’. This material is taken from The Open University course T224 Computers and processors.

    Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors

    Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors

    Transcript -- Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors

    A short introduction to this album.

    • video
    The cows that milk themselves

    The cows that milk themselves

    The automatic milking robot that gives cows control over when they are milked.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- The cows that milk themselves

    Transcript -- The cows that milk themselves

    The automatic milking robot that gives cows control over when they are milked.

    • video
    Tempting the cows into the machine

    Tempting the cows into the machine

    How the robotic milking system works.

    • 3 min
    Transcript -- Tempting the cows into the machine

    Transcript -- Tempting the cows into the machine

    How the robotic milking system works.

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