In this video series, The National Provisioner editor-in-chief Andy Hanacek discusses trends in the industry with Jorge Izquierdo of PMMI. This episode focuses on the advancements in robotics and automation in the meat and poultry industry as well as the biggest factor holding back processors from embracing it.                                                

Andy Hanacek: In some of our other episodes, we talked about the growth of robotics and automation in the meat and poultry and how it has been this slow and steady uptick in robotics and automation. Let’s talk about what you see as the next step there. I was recently in a plant where I saw pick-and-place robots taking frozen corndogs. All I’ve ever seen the pick-and-place robots is at Pack Expo or wherever at the automation shows just picking up fake things. It’s so cool to see it actually working. Where do you see the next step in robotics hitting the meat and poultry industry?