Robot automation could help producers reduce the labor needed in processing plants, particularly in high-demand positions such as deboning lines. According to Georgia Tech Research Institute Principal Research Engineer Dr. Ai-Ping Hu, improvements to existing automation solutions could further reduce yield loss, accommodate multiple bird sizes, and increase safety. The system Hu has developed allows producers to treat each chicken differently and can run up to 30 birds per minute, even with different bird sizes. The robot can also detect when a collision with bone is imminent, which can either stop itself or move into a different motion to avoid it. The new version of the robot has improved prediction models and can operate at 3 millimeters of error when cutting at the shoulder joint.
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