Research Director

Takenao Ohkawa
Kobe University
Graduate School of System Informatics
Professor
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Outline
This project aims at bringing an epoch-making innovation enabling labor saving and cost reduction in management of breeding cows in pasture to Japanese beef farmers. We will develop novel technologies for extraction, analysis and interpretation of various types of information about interactions between cows and establish a framework for the integration of them to detect weak expression of the state of estrus and physical/mental health by focusing on the social nature of cows that can be observed through interaction analysis.