A Robust, Flexible and Scalable Cognitive Robotics Platform

Deliverables

MFC simulation model

Robot studio simulation of RoBUTCHER MFC concept

Project web portal

The public project website will be launched

RoBUTCHER YouTube video demos

Video demonstrations at key points in the project lifetime

End user workshop 2

End user workshop 2, hosted at MRI to showcase the operational pilot cell.

Student workshop 1

Student workshop hosted at Obuda University.

Student workshop 2

Student workshops hosted at NMBU.

Report on performance of cell versus typical slaughter lines

Documentation of MFC performance in the context of slaughter versus typical line production

Robotics safety and legislative update

A report updating current legislation best practise or standards relating to robotic safety in the context of RoBUTCHER

Report on performance of cell versus typical cold cutting

Documentation of MFC performance in the context of cold deboning versus typical production

Periodic project newsletters

Newsletters to key target audiences regarding project activities and progress periodic dissemination at key intervals during the project

Challenges or hurdles related to end-user and authority's acceptance white paper

White paper illustrating challenges which impact enduser acceptance with proposed roadmap for addressing them

Review of available cutting tools, recommendations regarding direction to develop such tools

An indepth review document of available cutting tools with recommendations on the most suitable tools for use in RoBUTCHER

Robotics safety and legislation white paper

White paper highlighting key areas of legislation standardisation or best practise that present hurdles to implementation of the concepts developed in RoBUTCHER if any

Robotics safety and legislative review

A report on current legislation best practise or standards relating to robotic safety in the context of RoBUTCHER

Gripper state-of-the-art review

A joint scientific review published in an openaccess journal

Cutting tool evaluation

A joint scientific paper detailing the design of the sensor and tool as well as the validation outcome

Report on user engagement activities

This report documents users needs for the system based on their interaction with the demonstrator

Scientific article on S-LCA

Comparison between the social performance of the prepilot and postpilot MFC

Demonstration of teleoperation and adaptive learning capability

System demonstration to partners prior to integration.

Prototype internal gripper

Delivery of prototype internal organ gripping solution including a demonstration of functionality

Prototype external gripper

Delivery of prototype external gripping solution including a demonstration of functionality

Pilot cell deployed

Demonstration of operational cell at MRI facilities prior to evaluation.

Demonstration of cell human-robot interface

Report documenting the functional and safety interface implementations for the MFC.

Demonstration of completed system integration

Report and demonstration of system integration completion.

Data management plan

Initial data management plan established with the intention that it become a living document to be updated throughout the project delivery

Publications

The Meat Factory Cell: A new way of thinking for meat producers

Author(s): A. Mason; I. Esper; O. Korostynska; T. Haiddegger; A. Popov; L. B. Christensen; O. Alvseike
Published in: 2021 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), Issue November 18 to November 20, 2021, 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-2684-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cinti53070.2021.9668455

Intelligent Cutting System for an Innovative Meat Factory Cell

Author(s): Ian Esper Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez Pål J. From Alex Mason
Published in: European Robotics Forum 2021, Issue April 13 to April 15, 2021, 2021, Page(s) 16-18
Publisher: European Robotics Forum

Smart Knife for Robotic Meat Cutting

Author(s): Alex Mason, Dmytro Romanov, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Olga Korostynska
Published in: IEEE Sensors 2021, 2021
Publisher: IEEE

Meat Factory Cell: Assisting meat processors address sustainability in meat production

Author(s): A. Mason; O. Korostynska; L. E. Cordova-Lopez; I. Esper; D. Romanov; S. Ross; K. Takacs; T. Haidegger
Published in: 2021 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), Issue November 18 to November 20, 2021, 2021, ISSN 2380-8586
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cinti53070.2021.9668392

Robotic grippers for large and soft object manipulation

Author(s): Kristof Takacs Alex Mason Lars Bager Christensen Tamas Haidegger
Published in: IEEE 20th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Design, 2020
Publisher: IEEE

Computer Vision for Robotic Butcher

Author(s): Andrii Liubivyi Oleh Smolkin Ian de Medeiros Esper Maksym Manko Igor Krashenyi Ivan Sahumbaiev Anton Popov Alex Mason
Published in: European Robotics Forum 2021, Issue April 13 to April 15, 2021, 2021, Page(s) 7-9
Publisher: European Robotics Forum

Opportunities and challenges for an automated, cell-based slaughtering-and-deboning of a pig carcass

Author(s): Tomas Bolumar, Vaclav Pohunek, Ian Esper, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Helle Røer, Alex Mason, Ole Alvseike
Published in: ICoMST 2022: 68th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Issue August 22 to August 25, 2022, 2022
Publisher: ICoMST2022

Social life cycle assessment of autonomous slaughterhouse cell systems

Author(s): Clara Valente Hanne Møller Ellen‐Marie Forsberg
Published in: 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food, Issue October 13 to October 16, 2020, 2020, Page(s) 689‐690, ISBN 9783000676048
Publisher: Eberle, U., Smetana, S., Bos, U. (Eds.)‐LCAfood

Open Issues in Agri-food Robot Standardization—the Red Meat Sector

Author(s): Kristof Takacs, Alex Mason, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Tamas Haidegger
Published in: 2021 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2021, Page(s) 000363-000368, ISBN 978-1-7281-9544-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/saci51354.2021.9465611

Curve fitting-based deformation tracking for vision-based robotic applications

Author(s): Abhaya Singh, Dmytro Romanov, Alex Mason
Published in: ICCMA 2023: 11th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, Issue November 1 to November 3, 2023, 2023
Publisher: ICCMA

Inner Organ Manipulation During Automated Pig Slaughtering — Smart Gripping Approaches

Author(s): Bence Takács, Takács Kristóf, Tivadar Garamvölgyi, Tamás Haidegger
Published in: IEEE 21st International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI 2021), 2021
Publisher: IEEE

Meat Factory Cell: Assisting meat processors address sustainability in meat production

Author(s): Alex Mason, Olga Korostynska, L.uis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Ian Esper, Dmytro Romanov, Steven Ross, Tamás Haidegger, Kristóf Takács
Published in: IROS 2021, 2021
Publisher: IROS

A positive working environment

Author(s): Clara Valente, Fredrik Moltu Johnsen
Published in: XVI Convegno dell’Associazione Rete Italiana LCA, Issue June 22 to June 24, 2022, 2022, ISBN 9791221004588
Publisher: Italian LCA Network

Ex-vivo Porcine Model for Generating an Internal Surface in Biological Subjects using 3D-GAN

Author(s): Ian de Medeiros Esper, Dmytro Romanov, Olga Korostynska, Pål Johan From, Alex Mason
Published in: 2022 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Cyber-Medical Systems (ICCC), Issue July 6 to July 9, 2022, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iccc202255925.2022.9922697

Analysis of Intelligent Force Control Methods for Red-Meat Gripping Applications

Author(s): Kristóf Takács, Bence Takács, Sándor Tarsoly, Tivadar Garamvölgyi, Peter Galambos, Imre Rudas, Tamás Haidegger
Published in: 2022 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Cyber-Medical Systems (ICCC), 2022, Page(s) 215-220
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iccc202255925.2022.9922732

Image Processing-Based Methods to Improve the Robustness of Robotic Gripping

Author(s): Kristóf Takács, Renáta Nagyné Elek,Tamás Haidegger
Published in: 2022 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics and 8th IEEE International Conference on Recent Achievements in Mechatronics, Automation, Computer Science and Robotics (CINTI-MACRo), 2022, Page(s) 345-350
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cinti-macro57952.2022.10029473

Adaptation of a Pneumatic Knife and Vibration Sensor for Robotic Meat Cutting

Author(s): Alex Mason, Dmytro Romanov, Olga Korostynska, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez
Published in: CINTI 2021, 2021
Publisher: Obuda University

Precision Solutions in Livestock Farming – feasibility and applicability of digital data collection

Author(s): Márta Alexy, Tamás Haidegger
Published in: 2022 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Cyber-Medical Systems (ICCC), Issue 2022, 2022, Page(s) 233-238, ISBN 978-1-6654-8178-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iccc202255925.2022.9922883

3D Registration of Multiple RGB-D Cameras on Arbitrary Position of a Symmetric Object with No Overlapping in a Meat Factory Environment

Author(s): Ian Esper, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Pål Johan From, Alex Mason
Published in: CINTI 2021, 2021
Publisher: Obuda University

Force Controlled Smart Gripper for Robotic Soft Tissue Manipulation

Author(s): Kristóf Takács
Published in: ICRA 2023, Issue May 29 to June 2, 2023, 2023
Publisher: IEEE

Deep learning applications to gripping and cutting operations

Author(s): A. Luibivyi, M. Manko, I. Sahumbaiev, O. Smolkin, I. Krashenyi, A. Popov, I. Esper and A. Mason
Published in: IROS 2021, 2021
Publisher: IROS

Feasibility of Using NIR Spectroscopy in Automated Meat Cutting

Author(s): Anna Mathew Hafiz Wajahat Hassan Peyman Mirtaheri Olga Korostynska
Published in: European Robotics Forum 2021, Issue April 13 to April 15, 2021, 2021, Page(s) 28-30
Publisher: European Robotics Forum

Human-Robot Collaboration in the Meat Industry

Author(s): Dmytro Romanov Olga Korostynska Alex Mason
Published in: European Robotics Forum 2021, Issue April 13 to April 15, 2021, 2021, Page(s) 13-15
Publisher: European Robotics Forum

Application of a Novel Meat Factory Cell: RoBUTCHER

Author(s): Alex Mason
Published in: ICRAE2023, Issue November 17 to 19 November, 2023, 2023
Publisher: ICRAE2023

Innovation in Holding Pluck of Pig Carcasses

Author(s): Michaela Pinčeková, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Alex Mason, Olga Korostynska
Published in: 2022 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Cyber-Medical Systems (ICCC), Issue July 6 to July 9, 2022, 2022, Page(s) 221-224
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iccc202255925.2022.9922896

Estimation of the pig’s limb orientation and gripping points based on the pose estimation deep neural networks

Author(s): Maksym Manko, Oleh Smolkin, Ian de Medeiros Esper, Anton Popov, Alex Mason
Published in: 2022 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Cyber-Medical Systems (ICCC), 2022, Page(s) 245-250, ISBN 978-1-6654-8177-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/iccc202255925.2022.9922893

The influence of the environment on artificial intelligence for robot control

Author(s): Jeppe Bo Andersen, Jon Ravnkjær Søndergaard, Lars Bager Christensen
Published in: ICEET2023, 2023
Publisher: ICEET

S-LCA of a novel slaughter meat factory cell concept

Author(s): Clara Valente Hanne Møller Fredrik Moltu Simon Saxegård Johnsen Ole Arne Alvseike
Published in: Pre-proceedings of the 7th Social Life Cycle Assessment Conference, 2020, Page(s) 99-100, ISBN 978-2-9562141-2-0
Publisher: FruiTrop Thema

The Meat Factory Cell: A new robotic way of thinking for meat producers

Author(s): Alex Mason, Olga Korostynska, Tamás Haiddegger, Anton Popov, Lars Bager Christensen, Ole Alvseike
Published in: CINTI 2021, 2021
Publisher: Obuda University

Life cycle sustainability assessment of a novel slaughter concept

Author(s): Clara Valente, Hanne Møller, Fredrik Moltu Johnsen, Simon Saxegård, Elin Rasten Brunsdon, Ole Arne Alvseike
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue Volume 272, November 2020, 2020, Page(s) 122651, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122651

Effects of Meat Factory Cell on pork qualities, sensory characteristics and carcass hygiene: an exploratory study

Author(s): M. Sødring; T. Thauland Håseth; E. Rasten Brunsdon; P. H. Bjørnstad; R. Sandnes; O. J. Røtterud; A. Mason; I. de Medeiros Esper; E. Hallenstvedt; P. Agerup; K. Kåsin; B. Egelandsdal; O. Alvseike
Published in: Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Issue Volume 71; Issue 1-4, 2022, Page(s) 89-113, ISSN 1470-1200
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2022.2113120

RoBUTCHER: A Novel Robotic Meat Factory Cell Platform for Meat Automation

Author(s): Alex Mason, Ian Esper, Olga Korostynska, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Dmytro Romanov, Michaela Pinčeková, Per Håkon Bjørnstad, Ole Alvseike, Anton Popov, Oleh Smolkin, Maksym Manko, Lars Bager Christensen, Kristóf Takács, Tamás Haidegger
Published in: International Journal of Robotics Research, Issue - Under Review -, 2023, ISSN 0278-3649
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Smart-knife: Integrated Intelligence for Robotic Meat Cutting

Author(s): Alex Mason, Olga Korostynska, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Dmytro Romanov
Published in: IEEE Sensors Journal, Issue Volume 22, Issue 21, 2022, Page(s) 20475-20483, ISSN 1530-437X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2022.3208667

3D Model Based Adaptive Cutiing System for the Meat Factory Cell: Overcoming Natural Variability

Author(s): Ian Esper, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Dmytro Romanov, Per Håkon Bjørnstad, Ole Alvseike, Lars. E. Gangsei, Alex mason
Published in: Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Issue - Under Review -, 2023, ISSN 0921-8890
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Meat safety legislation and its opportunities and hurdles for innovative approaches: A review

Author(s): Meat safety legislation and its opportunities and hurdles for innovative approaches: A review
Published in: Food Control, Issue Volume 141, 2022, Page(s) 109160, ISSN 0956-7135
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109160

Smart knife: Technological Advances Towards Smart Cutting Tools in Meat Industry Automation

Author(s): Alex Mason, Dmytro Romanov, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Steven Ross, Olga Korostynska
Published in: Sensor Review, Issue Volume 42, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 153-163, ISSN 0260-2288
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1108/sr-09-2021-0315

Deep Learning Modelfor Automatic Limb Detection and Gripping in a Novel Meat Factory Cell

Author(s): Maksym Manko, Oleh Smolkin, Dmytro Romanov, Ian Esper, Anton Popov, Ivan Sahumbaiev, Luis Eduardo Cordova -Lopez, Alex Mason
Published in: Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Issue - Under Review -, 2023, ISSN 0921-8890
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Evaluation of RGB-D Multi-Camera Pose Estimation for 3D Reconstruction

Author(s): Ian de Medeiros Esper; Oleh Smolkin; Maksym Manko; Anton Popov; Pål Johan From; Alex Mason
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue Volume 12; Issue 9, 2022, Page(s) 4134, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12094134

Robotisation and intelligent systems in abattoirs

Author(s): Ian de Medeiros Esper, Pål J. From, Alex Mason
Published in: Trends in Food Science & Technology, Issue 108, 2021, Page(s) 214-222, ISSN 0924-2244
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.11.005

Towards human-robot collaboration in meat processing: Challenges and possibilities

Author(s): Dmytro Romanov, Olga Korostynska, Odd Ivar Lekang, Alex Mason
Published in: Journal of Food Engineering, Issue Volume 331, 2022, Page(s) 111117, ISSN 0260-8774
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111117

Intact gastro-intestinal tract removal from pig carcasses in a novel Meat Factory Cell approach

Author(s): Ole Alvseike, Miguel Prieto, Per Håkon Bjørnstad, Alex Mason
Published in: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Issue 62/1, 2020, ISSN 1751-0147
Publisher: BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-020-00546-y

Quality assessment of fresh meat cuts as a performance indicator of knives specifically adapted for robot-assisted operations

Author(s): Helle Røer, Olga Korostynska, Frøydis Bjerke, Dmytro Romanov, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Alex Mason, Per Håkon Bjørnstad, Torunn Thauland Håseth, Ole Alvseike
Published in: Management Science Letters, Issue Volume 13, 2023, Page(s) 108-117, ISSN 1923-9335
Publisher: GrowingScience
DOI: 10.5267/j.msl.2023.1.001

Social performance and impact assessment of an autonomous system in the meat processing sector

Author(s): Clara Valente, Rannvá Danielsen, Anna Woodhouse, Fredrik Moltu Johnsen, Ellen-Marie Forsberg
Published in: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Issue - Under Review -, 2023, ISSN 0948-3349
Publisher: Springer Verlag

Pigs: A stepwise RGB-D novel pig carcass cutting dataset

Author(s): Ian de Medeiros Esper; Luiz Eduardo Cordova-Lopez; Dmytro Romanov; Ole Alvseike; Pål Johan From; Alex Mason
Published in: Data in Brief, Issue 41, 2022, Page(s) 107945, ISSN 2352-3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107945

Current Safety Legislation of Food Processing Smart Robot Systems - The Red Meat Sector

Author(s): Kristóf Takacs, Alex Mason, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Marta Alexy, Peter Galambos, Tamás Haidegger
Published in: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Issue Volume 19; Issue 11, 2022, Page(s) 249-267, ISSN 1785-8860
Publisher: Obuda University
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2304.14014

A review of unilateral grippers for meat industry automation

Author(s): Ross, Steven; Korostynska, Olga; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Mason, Alex
Published in: Trends in Food Science & Technology, Issue Volume 119, 2022, Page(s) 309-319, ISSN 0924-2244
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2021.12.017

Vision-Based Approaches for Cutting Food Products with Robots

Author(s): Abhaya Singh, Ekrem Misimi, Alex Mason
Published in: Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Issue - Under Review -, 2023, ISSN 0921-8890
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Proceedings of the Challenges in Automated Food Processing workshop at the European Robotics Forum (ERF2021)

Author(s): Tamas Haidegger Alex Mason Steven Ross Kristof Takacs
Published in: European Robotics Forum 2021, Issue April 13 to April 15, 2021, 2021, ISBN 978-963-449-242-9
Publisher: Óbudai Egyetem

Opportunities and challenges for an automated, cell-based slaughtering-and-deboning of a pig carcass:time for a paradigm shift in meat processing

Author(s): Tomas Bolumar, Vaclav Pohunek, Ian Esper, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Helle Røer, Alex Mason, Ole Alvseike
Published in: ICoMST 2022, Issue August 22 to August 25, 2022, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV

AI assisted cobot potential for meat cutting procedures

Author(s): Jon Raunkjær Søndergaard, Lars Bager Christensen
Published in: ICoMST 2022, Issue August 22 to August 25, 2022, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Time for change: The case of robotic food processing

Author(s): Alex Mason, Tamás Haidegger, Ole Alvseike
Published in: IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Issue Volume 30; Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 116-122
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/mra.2023.3266932

Like muligheter i slakteribransjen (Equal opportunities at slaughterhouse)

Author(s): Kjersti Prestrud, Clara Valente
Published in: Mat og Marked, Issue June 2022, 2022
Publisher: Dagens Perspektiv

Fremtidens slagteri er styret af kunstig intelligens

Author(s): Lars Bager Christensen
Published in: HYO, 2021, Page(s) 16-19
Publisher: FBG Medier

Pigs: A stepwise RGB-D novel pig carcass cutting dataset

Author(s): Ian de Medeiros Esper, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Dmytro Romanov, Ole Alvseike, Pål Johan From, Alex Mason
Published in: DataverseNO, 2022
Publisher: DataverseNO
DOI: 10.18710/gdghzr

Vibration Measurement as Feedback from Pneumatic Knife

Author(s): Dmytro Romanov, Luis Eduardo Cordova-Lopez, Alex Mason
Published in: Sensing Technology, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Issue 886, 2022, Page(s) 177-189, ISSN 1876-1119
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98886-9_14

Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring Applications

Author(s): Olga Korostynska & Alex Mason (Eds.)
Published in: 2021, ISBN 978-3-0365-0427-8
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-0427-8

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