Safely and autonomously cutting meat with a collaborative robot arm.

ABSTRACT: Labor shortages in the United States are impacting a number of industries including the meat processing sector. Collaborative technologies that work alongside humans while increasing production abilities may support the industry by enhancing automation and improving job quality. However, existing automation technologies used in the meat industry have limited collaboration potential, low flexibility, and high cost. The objective of this work was to explore the use of a robot arm to collaboratively work alongside a human and complete tasks performed in a meat processing facility. Toward this objective, we demonstrated proof-of-concept approaches to ensure human safety while exploring the capacity of the robot arm to perform example meat processing tasks. In support of human safety, we develo

SUBMITTER: Wright R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10762048 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature