Researchers in Korea have developed a smart safety livestock barn platform that can comprehensively manage pig breeding and disease situations. It is expected to be of great help in improving productivity and responding to diseases by establishing a smart safety livestock barn based on information and communication technology (ICT).
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced that it has developed TRIPLETS, a smart safety livestock barn platform that can prevent livestock diseases and effectively control and manage livestock by incorporating the latest ICT such as artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twins in the livestock.
Among agricultural and livestock products in Korea, pig farming is the largest, with domestic production exceeding KRW 8 trillion as of last year. However, due to difficulties in the field, such as frequent livestock diseases, odor, and reduced workforce, small-scale farms are decreasing and large-scale farms are increasing.
In line with the trend of large-scale and systematization of the pig farming industry, there is a growing demand for an ICT-based smart livestock barn specialized in early response to livestock diseases and efficient livestock management and sanitary barn management.
TRIPLET, a smart livestock barn platform developed by ETRI, combines AI and digital twin technologies into the pig industry. It analyzes pigs' behavior and immunity 24 hours a day and comprehensively controls early detection of livestock diseases such as diarrhea and respiratory diseases, productivity improvement through complex environment and specification management, energy utilization optimization, and air re-circulation.
In particular, the digital twin platform (TRIPLET-P) is a technology that builds and analyzes virtual livestock barn in a digital space by utilizing real-time information such as facilities, pig behavior, environment sensor information, and energy use of livestock barn. In digital space, livestock barn control, operation, and environmental changes such as breeding density and livestock group management can be simulated in advance, reflected in actual livestock, thereby increasing productivity and establishing an optimal livestock barn environment. The TRIPLET platform is the world's first to apply digital twin technology to the livestock industry. The researchers expect the platform to increase productivity by at least 10% over the previous years.
The livestock barn safety monitoring system (TRIPLET-Eye) is a technology that utilizes AI technology and bio sensors to monitor livestock stress, changes in immunity, and abnormal signs. First, the behavior of pigs is monitored 24 hours a day through low-cost IP cameras to infer and analyze signs of abnormalities in pigs. Also, through the saliva extractor module and bio sensor installed in the livestock barn, the pig's stress and immune state changes are analyzed and the health condition is comprehensively managed.
In addition, through joint research with Seoul National University, the smart safety livestock barn system (TRIPLET-S) with the world's best air re-circulation system was also developed. The smart safe livestock barn system integrates and manages the barn environment, such as air cleaning and deodorization, ultraviolet sterilization, and energy management, and prevents the occurrence and inflow and outflow of diseases.
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