In the U.S., four research institutions are leading the way in developing specific poultry industry artificial intelligence and robotics for the processing sector. Backed by a four-year US$5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the research organizations helped establish the Center for Scalable and Intelligent Automation in Poultry Processing. The collaborative effort by the University of Arkansas, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Fort State Valley University will ensure the merging of artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics to advance chicken meat processing operations and sanitation. Read more