Development of an intelligent feeding controller for indoor intensive culturing of eel

An intelligent feedback control system was developed. The gathering behavior of eels was observed by an infrared photoelectric sensor and converted to digital signals. The feeder equipped with such a sensor and governing control strategy is able to stop feeding according to the gathering behavior of eels. The control strategy contains six user-adjustable parameters with default values. If the sensor fails to detect the gathering behavior for three (default) consecutive trials, the feeder will stop feeding until the next wake-up, thus reducing the risk of polluting the water, etc.