Food Engineering Automation with Robotics and AI

Preface

The food industry is being transformed by the uniting of robotics, artificial intelligence, automation techniques, and advanced sensors. Since there is more demand for food to be safer, processed more efficiently, and designed to meet specific needs and environmental standards, a large group of food processors needs to align their approaches through a unified system. In this book, we have gathered the main engineering topics, automation models used in manufacturing, AI/ML methods, and case studies that specifically match the food processing industry.

At the beginning of the book, Chapter 1 describes the use of robotics and automation in today’s food processing. It gives useful knowledge about the types of robots, sorts of automation, sensors, and AI applications. It gives a thorough treatment of robotics kinematics with homogeneous matrices and using the Denavit–Hartenberg system, as well as IoT and systems for predicting food quality and safety. At the end of the chapter, there are practical case studies and exercises to help you understand the main ideas. In Chapter 2, the chapter centers on the automation of chilling and freezing because these operations are vital in the cold chain. The chapter looks into the types of controls used, any challenges encountered, applications within different sectors, and what is expected in the future. It informs us about the role of automation in changing the logistics and quality of goods stored in cold storage facilities.

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