Meat industry 4.0: A distant future?

S. Barbut*

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Abstract

The meat industry had experienced a significant transformation over the past century and more so over the past 25 years. • Automation can now be seen in both primary and secondary processing of meat, but implementation depends on factors such as cost, and availability of a labor force. • Currently, there is accelerated development in areas such as machine vision and robotics to replace more manual operations in meat processing plants. • We already see smart meat factories, where conductivity and information are used to control certain operations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38-47
Number of pages10
JournalAnimal Frontiers
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2020

Keywords

  • Automation
  • Industrial revolution
  • Meat industry
  • Processing
  • Robotics

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