Located on Avenue 56 at the top of Future Studio, Chicken Boy has been a prominent fixture for ten years and counting. Elegant layers of powder-blue eggs with a tiara of feathers either side of their combs that flop about charmingly once they are in full lay.

James is a cook so I have a flock of 10 layers – Cream Legbars that lay blue eggs and Marans that lay dark brown eggs. These conveyor belts would hence remove the need for tacking these eggs, which are highly relevant in modern sheds with their tiered cages.

Following this, there is a high likelihood of the challenges present around the capability of computers. Machine vision will make it highly likable for the robots to start performing tasks like growth monitoring, harvesting, weed picking, and more. He is jokingly referred to as the “Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles,” and is a must-see for all along Route 66. GPS data is frequently used by robotic agricultural equipment to position and locate themselves on farms. Given that we globally raise 60 billion chickens every year for meat consumption, of which 3 billion don’t make it through the process and 1.

Pekins are wonderful, like cuddly tea cosies, and I love the Barbu d’Uccle Millefleurs with their little fluffy beards. We believe that we are all responsible for, and connected to, the food that we eat, so we all need to work together to improve it.

Parkinson also keeps flocks of pure and traditional breeds – exquisitely beautiful soft-feathered Silkies, fluffy-footed Cochins and Pekin Bantams. Inviting the latest technologies like machine learning, robotics, and computer vision is the main factor in the transforming face of agriculture globally. Robotics has helped increase manufacturing efficiency, especially in lowering labor expenses per bird. It is an autonomously moving smart observation platform with on-board capability for vision (visible and thermal), sound and measurement of ambient conditions. We are attracting, developing and empowering bright minds to lead the transformation of the food system into an innovative sector that produces healthy and sustainable food, and is trusted by society.