FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — To help meet the rising national and global demand for poultry products, the Center for Scalable and Intelligent Automation in Poultry Processing will hold its first field day on April 9 from 12:30-5 p.m. at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences.
This free event will share what researchers have learned so far about developing new robotic technologies, including tools for deboning, detecting foreign materials and pathogens, and using virtual reality to operate equipment remotely.
Also known as CSIAPP , the multi-state research group was created in 2023 with a four-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Partners include food scientists and engineers at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Fort Valley State University in Georgia.
Registration for the event is available online , and lunch will be provided. However, the event will not be streamed online or recorded.
The Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, a Division of Agriculture facility, is located at 1371 W. Altheimer Drive in Fayetteville.
12:30 p.m. — “Lunch & Learn” with a keynote address from Doug Britton, a principal research engineer and manager of the Agricultural Technology Research Program in the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division.
1:15 p.m. — “CSIAPP: Project Overview,” with Jeyam Subbiah, a professor of food science with the Division of Agriculture, associate vice chancellor for research development at the University of Arkansas, and project director of CSIAPP.
1:30 p.m. — “Robotic Deboning: A Video Demonstration,” with Ai-Ping Hu, a principal research engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division.
2 p.m. — Break
2:15 p.m. — “Robot Swabbing, Biosensor, and Foreign Material Detection,” with Dongyi Wang, assistant professor in the departments of biological and agricultural engineering and food science for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the Division of Agriculture.
2:45 p.m. — “Virtual Reality and Remote Work Overview,” with Konrad Ahlin, senior research engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division.
3 p.m. — Virtual reality demonstration for the group with Ahlin.
3:15 p.m. — Virtual reality pilot test and individual visit with the CSIAPP team.
5 p.m. — Closing remarks by Subbiah.
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is an equal opportunity institution. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate or need materials in another format, please contact Casey Owens (cmowens@uark.edu) as soon as possible.
This Center of Excellence is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, project award no. 2023-70442-39232, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation’s historic land grant education system.
The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on three system campuses.
Pursuant to 7 CFR § 15.3, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services (including employment) without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual preference, pregnancy or any other legally protected status, and is an equal opportunity institution.
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