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Teaching, preparing university students for the future with robotics

Control Engineering

in 2021, with non-automotive companies in sectors such as metals, food and beverage, plastics and rubber and others accounting for 58% of the total demand. and smart manufacturing technologies. According to figures from the Association for Advancing Automation , almost 40,000 robots were sold in the U.S.

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Grant awarded to increase artificial intelligence and robotics use in poultry processing

Control Engineering

Arkansas is number 3, according to 2021 figures from USDA. Jeff Buhr, a USDA Agricultural Research Service scientist, will contribute his expertise in broiler physiology to guide robotic deboning of meat, Subbiah said. Georgia is the nation’s top broiler producer. The illness spread quickly among workers on the processing line.