Advancements in Robotics and Automation for Precision Livestock and Poultry Farming: Prospects and Innovations
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editor
Interests: precision livestock farming; animal welfare and behavior; smart sensing; applied artificial intelligence; poultry robotics
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Dear Colleagues,
Livestock and poultry farming is facing great challenges such as reduced labor, increased labor costs, and increasing public expectations of welfare-friendly products. Robotics and automation have been progressively developed and adopted into animal farming to support precision management, productivity improvement, welfare assessment, behavior monitoring, digital phenotyping, and early intervention. Consequenly, automated solutions provide effective means of improving production efficiency and enhancing animal welfare, as well as increasing the sustainability of animal systems.
The aim of this Special Issue is to invite scholars to solve critical problems in different phases of vertically integrated animal production systems via innovative solutions of robotics and automation. Both original research articles and review papers are welcome.
Dr. Guoming Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- robotics
- automation
- path planning
- soft robotics
- algorithms
- sensors
- end effector
- collaborative robot
- kinematics
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