• Innovation in Holding Pluck of Pig Carcasses 

      Pincekova, Michaela; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Mason, Alex; Korostynska, Olga (Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2022)
      Improving sustainability in the meat industry is an increasingly discussed topic. The RoBUTCHER project, which seeks to automate the processing of pig carcasses, also addresses this issue. This paper presents new types of ...
    • Quality assessment of fresh meat cuts as a performance indicator of knives specifically adapted for robot-assisted operations 

      Røer, Helle; Korostynska, Olga; Bjerke, Frøydis; Romanov, Dmytro; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Mason, Alex; Bjørnstad, Per Håkon; Håseth, Torunn Thauland; Alvseike, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Manual labour in slaughterhouses is hazardous work. Workers suffer from injuries and occupational illnesses resulting from repetitive movements with sharp knives. There is a need for a robotic tool which can perform versatile ...
    • A review of unilateral grippers for meat industry automation 

      Ross, Steven; Korostynska, Olga; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Mason, Alex (Trends in Food Science & Technology;Volume 119, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-17)
      With the expectation that meat consumption will grow by 12% over the next decade, coupled with the reported labour issues and viruses attacking human and animal health, there is a growing requirement for red meat slaughterhouse ...
    • RoBUTCHER: A novel robotic meat factory cell platform 

      Mason, Alex; Esper, Ian; Korostynska, Olga; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Romanov, Dmytro; Pinceková, Michaela; Bjørnstad, Per Håkon; Alvseike, Ole; Popov, Anton; Smolkin, Oleh; Manko, Maksym; Christensen, Lars Bager; Takacs, Kristof; Haidegger, Tamás (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Automation is critically important for sustainability in meat production, where heavy reliance on human labour is a growing challenge. In this work, a novel robotic Meat Factory Cell (MFC) platform presents the opportunity ...
    • Smart Knife: Integrated Intelligence for Robotic Meat Cutting 

      Mason, Alex; Romanov, Dmytro; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Korostynska, Olga (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Automation is a key technology for a sustainable and secure meat sector in the future, both in terms of productivity and work environment. New robotic technologies, such as the so-called “meat factory cell,” (MFC) aim to ...
    • Smart knife: technological advances towards smart cutting tools in meat industry automation 

      Mason, Alex; Romanov, Dmytro; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Ross, Steven; Korostynska, Olga (Sensor Review;Volume 42, Issue 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-05)
      Purpose – Modern meat processing requires automation and robotisation to remain sustainable and adapt to future challenges, including those brought by global infection events. Automation of all or many processes is seen ...