Chinese AI ‘tail-tracking’ robot delivers needle-free pig vaccinations with 93% accuracy

In China, robots are being used to inject pigs with vaccines to support intelligent pig farming and meet the production demands of the world’s biggest pork-producing nation. While eating, a pig may not notice the machine approaching from behind before the robot uses a camera to locate the base of the pig’s tail before delivering a needle-free vaccine injection into its buttock. Vaccination is a routine task, with breeding pigs requiring multiple injections during their production cycles,...