ChinaAgriculture and food production2024 – ongoingNew Hope Liuhe
Portable AI pig weight-estimation device
New Hope's handheld AI device estimated a pig's weight in under 5 seconds at 98% accuracy
Problem
Weighing pigs on a scale means herding them, which takes time and adds biosecurity risk. Farms need weights to time feed changes, pen transfers and sales.
Approach
New Hope built a portable device that uses a big-data weight model with deep learning and computer vision. A keeper scans the pig and reads the weight without moving it. The third-generation device was used at farms including a smart pig farm in Chengdu. Researchers were working on a lighter, cheaper version for small farms.
Results
Takeaway
The weight data fed precise feeding and pre-sale feed control, so the gain went beyond saving time at the scale.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Agriculture and food production
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer visionPredictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The article describes New Hope's third-generation portable weight-estimation device, used on its farms including a smart farm in Chengdu. It gives a weighing time under 5 seconds, 98% accuracy and an efficiency gain of more than ten times. It says researchers aim to make the device lighter and cheaper.
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