Robot Technology for Pork and Beef Meat Slaughtering Process: A Review

Recently, many slaughterhouses have begun to introduce automation and quality evaluation sensing equipment to the slaughter processing line to overcome insufficient human resources, improve the efficiency of the slaughter process, and standardize meat quality. Various processing instruments and sens...

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Published in:Animals (Basel) 2023-02, Vol.13 (4), p.651
Main Authors: Kim, Juntae, Kwon, Yun-Kil, Kim, Hyoun-Wook, Seol, Kuk-Hwan, Cho, Byoung-Kwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abattoirs
Automation
Beef
Carcasses
Contamination
Data collection
Decision making
Design
Design optimization
Design standards
Epidemics
Food processing plants
Hygiene
Legislation
Livestock
Meat
Meat industry
Meat quality
Pandemics
Population
Pork
Preprocessing
Quality assessment
Rectum
Review
Reviews
Robotics industry
robotization
Robots
Sheep
Slaughter
slaughterhouse automation
smart slaughterhouse
Technology
Workers
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Summary:Recently, many slaughterhouses have begun to introduce automation and quality evaluation sensing equipment to the slaughter processing line to overcome insufficient human resources, improve the efficiency of the slaughter process, and standardize meat quality. Various processing instruments and sensing technologies may be used depending on the livestock to be slaughtered, but a standardized process design for a smart slaughterhouse remains to be established. Slaughterhouses are becoming more industrialized, leveraging data collection and analysis to drive growth and increase production. Therefore, slaughterhouse automation is essential for meeting production demand, and an optimized design suitable for the size of each company is required to maximize economical equipment and systems. We introduce robot technology used in the slaughterhouse and detail the visceral laparotomy, carcass preprocessing, and deboning robot technology. In this study, we examine slaughterhouse automation equipment and technologies, focusing on optimizing the processing lines, the direction of application, and the hygiene of robot technique. We hope this review will provide insight into slaughterhouse automation for decision making in the slaughter industry.
ISSN:2076-2615
2076-2615
DOI:10.3390/ani13040651