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Aquaculture Feeder: Sensor-Responsive vs Fixed Schedule

Compare a fixed-schedule fish feeder against a sensor-responsive feeder that watches real-time feeding activity: run randomized-appetite cycles side by side and track feed waste, water quality and cost for both strategies.

Robotics & Kinematics3DModerate60 FPS💧 Water

A fixed-schedule automatic feeder dispenses the same programmed ration at the same programmed time every cycle, no matter how hungry the fish actually are — and fish appetite genuinely varies with temperature, growth stage and stress. A sensor-responsive feeder instead watches real-time feeding activity and stops the moment the fish lose interest. This simulator runs two identical fish pens side by side under the same randomized appetite each cycle so you can watch feed waste, water quality and cost diverge between the two control strategies.

⚙ Under the hood

Run randomized fish-appetite feeding cycles side by side in two pens: a fixed-schedule feeder that dispenses the same programmed ration regardless of appetite versus a sensor-responsive feeder that watches real-time feeding-strike activity and stops the moment fish lose interest, then compare live feed waste, water-quality decay and cumulative cost between the two strategies.

Aquaculture RoboticsFish FeederSensor FeedbackFeed WasteWater QualityThree.js

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install