AI-Based System Detects Animal Emotions and Distress
AI technology can now recognize animal emotions and pain, providing farmers with insights into their health and well-being, improving farm management.
AI will tell the emotions of animals, it will know when your cow is hungry
Researchers have now started trying to understand the facial expressions of animals using artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise their emotions and pain. According to a report, several research groups are now using AI models with computer vision to analyse emotions and signs of distress in farm animals. This is one of the few specialized uses of the technology and if trained with enough high-quality data, a large language model can recognise in real time whether an animal is in need of help.
An attempt to understand the emotions of animals with the help of AI
According to a report by Science.org, many researchers are studying whether AI can be used to reliably monitor the well-being of animals on farms. In this direction, a system called “Intellipig” has been developed, which has been created by researchers from the University of the West of England Bristol (UWE) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). This project is currently in its beta testing phase.
How does the AI-based IntelliPig system work?
Researchers have implemented this system in farms and hundreds of pigs are being monitored through it. According to the report, every morning a picture of each pig is taken, then they are identified using AI and each pig is given specific food.
Not only this, AI thoroughly examines the facial expressions of these animals to identify whether they have any signs of pain or stress. If AI sees any unusual symptoms, it immediately sends an alert to the farmer, so that the farmer can assess the situation himself and take appropriate action if needed.
Researchers claim that in the future this system will also be able to analyze the emotions of animals, which will help farmers better understand the mental and physical health of animals.
Is it new to detect the status of animals through their gestures?
Assessing the health of animals based on their facial expressions and behaviour is not new. There are already many studies on this subject and trained experts use this knowledge to understand whether an animal is sick or feeling mentally unwell.
But according to the report, this human-based method is not sustainable, as it takes an average of 100 seconds for an expert to analyze the various muscles of an animal’s face. On the other hand, AI can do this work in a very short time and on a large scale.
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