An automated salmonid slaughter line using machine vision

Industrial Robot

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-405

  Bondø, Morten Steen ^a   Mathiassen, John Reidar ^a   Vebenstad, Petter Aaby ^a   Misimi, Ekrem ^a   Bar, Eirin Marie Skjøndal ^a   Toldnes, Bendik ^a   Østvik, Stein Ove ^a  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actuators; Fisheries; Pneumatic equipment; Slaughtering

Indexed keywords

3D MACHINE VISION; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FEED-RATES; MANUAL LABORS; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMONID FISH; SALMONIDS; SLAUGHTER LINES; SLAUGHTERING;

ACTUATORS; CUTTING EQUIPMENT; MACHINE DESIGN; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; ROBOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 79959915108     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439911111132085     Document Type: Article

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