Processing, automation & robotics

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1987) Bacon tempering for high speed slicing.  Proceedings XVIIth International Congress of Refrigeration C, Vienna, Austria, C2-1.

Khodabandehloo, K., Bailey, C. & James, S. J. (1988) Intelligent vision guided robots for the food industry.  Robots: coming of age: proceedings of the International Symposium and Exposition of Robots, edited by Jarvis, R. A., 6-10th November 1988, Sydney, Australia, Sydney: Australian Robot Association Inc., ISBN: 0387500545.

Sheard, P., James, S. J. & Burfoot, D. (1988) Current mixing research at the Food Research Institute. Mixing in the Food Industry, IChemE Food and Drink Group Meeting, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Maddock, N.A., Purnell, G. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1989) Research in application of robotics to meat cutting.  Proceedings of 20th International Symposium on Industrial Robots (ISIR), 4-6th October 1989, Tokyo, Japan, pp957-963.

Purnell, G., Maddock, N. A. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1990) Robot deboning for beef forequarters.  Robotica.  Vol. 8, pp303-310.

Swain, M. J., James, S. J. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1990) Using robotics to improve quality in poultry processing.  pp170-183.  Process Engineering in the Food Industry: 2 Convenience Foods and Quality Assurance, edited by Field, R. W. & Howell, J. A. Elsevier Science Publishers.

Brett, P. N., Khodabandehloo, K., Purnell, G., Shacklock, A. P. (1991) Research on the automatic cutting and handling of food products.  Proceedings International Workshop on Robotics in Agriculture and Food Industry (IARP), June 1991, Genoa, Italy.

Khodabandehloo, K., Maddock, N.A. & Purnell, G. (1991) Robotic cutting of meat.  Proceedings of New Meat Processing Technology, Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Seminar, 14th November 1991, London, UK.

Purnell, G. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1991) Vision for robot guidance in automated butchery.  Proceedings of European Robotics and Intelligent Systems Conference (Euriscon), 23-28th June 1991, Kanoni, Corfu, Greece.

Purnell, G., Maddock, N. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1991) Force and Machine Vision Guided Beef Deboning.  AFRC project LRG114.

Purnell, G. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1992) Robotic cutting of meat using vision guidance.  in Proceedings of IFAC Workshop.  Automatic Control for Quality and Productivity (ACQP 92), 3-5th June 1992, Istanbul, Turkey.

Purnell, G. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1992) Vision for robot guidance in automated butchery. pp619-626.  Robotic Systems; Advanced Techniques and Applications, edited by Tzafestas, S. G., Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Purnell, G., Maddock, N. A. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1992) Robotic deboning: A first step. Proceedings of International Conference on Agricultural Engineering (AgEng '92), 1-4th June 1992, Uppsala, Sweden, pp358-359.

Swain, M. J. & James, S. J. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1992) Using robotics to improve quality in poultry processing.   Indian Food Industry. pp24-32.

James, S. J. (1993) Review of book “Robotics in Meat, Fish and Poultry Processing” Ed K. Khodabandehloo.  Transactions of the Institute of Chemical Engineering “Food and Bioproducts Processing”.  Vol. 71, C4, pp290-291.

Purnell, G., Maddock, N. A. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1993) Robotic deboning: A fundamental approach to engineering a system.  Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture and Food, Equipment and Process Control, (AIFA) Conference, 27-29th October 1993, Nîmes, France, pp117-125.

Purnell, G., Maddock, N. A. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1993) Robotic cutting of beef and deboning.  Chpt 5, pp 98-114.  Robotics and Meat, Fish and Poultry Processing, edited by Khodabandehloo, K., Blackie Academic & Professional, ISBN 0-7514-0087-4.

Purnell, G., Maddock, N. A. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1993) Robotic deboning: A fundamental approach to engineering a system.  Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture and Food, Equipment and Process Control, (AIFA) Conference, 27-29th October 1993, Nîmes, France, pp117-125.

Purnell, G., Crooks, A., Wadie, I. & Khodabandehloo, K.  (1994) Robotic automation of the pork evisceration process.  EU Brite project BE4152.

Purnell, G., Vranes, S. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1994) Machine learning in robotic meat processing.  Proceedings of 2nd European Robotics and Intelligent Systems Conference (EURISCON), 22-25th August 1994, Malaga, Spain.  Vol. 1, pp68-77.

Wadie, I. H. C., Purnell, G. L. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1994) Two dimensional modelling of pig carcass spines for robotic evisceration.  Proceedings of 2nd European Robotics and Intelligent Systems Conference (EURISCON), 22-25th August 1994, Malaga, Spain.  Vol. 2, pp729-739.

James, S. J. (1995) An overview of automation in meat refrigeration and microwave processing.  European Consortium for Continuing Education in Advanced Meat Science and Technology, Meat & Livestock Commission, 18th January 1995, Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club, Maystoke Lane, Meriden, Coventry.

Khodabandehloo, K., Crooks, A., Wadie, I., Maddock, N. & Purnell, G. (1995) Robotic Primal cutting of Pork.  EU Brite project BE4420.

Wadie, I. H. C., Maddock, N., Purnell, G. L., Khodabandehloo, K., Crooks, A., Shacklock, A. & West, D. (1995) Robots for the meat industry.  Industrial Robot.  Vol. 22:5, pp22-26.

Khodabandehloo, K., Crooks, A., Wadie, I., Maddock, N. & Purnell, G. (1996) Fixturing for Robotic Pork Butchery.  EU-CRAFT project CR1582.

Wadie, I. H. C., Purnell, G. L. & Khodabandehloo, K. (1996) Two-dimensional modelling of pig carcass spines for robotic evisceration.  Mathematics and Computers in Simulation.  Vol. 41, pp571-578.

James, S. J. (1997) Bacon tempering for high speed slicing.  Meat Refrigeration – Why and How? EU concerted action programme CT94 1881. 24-25th September 1997, University of Bristol, Langford, UK.

Khodabandehloo, K., Framstad, K., Wahlgren, M., Requena, F., Graham, D. & Purnell, G. (1998)  Advanced Robotics for Efficient Pork Production (ARTEPP).  EU-FAIR project CT983545.

Purnell, G. (1998) Intelligent fat trimming.  Proceedings of 1st Future Automation for Meat Production (FAMP) Conference. 9-10th June 1998, Frankfurt, Germany.  ISSN-0953468402.

Purnell, G. (1998) Meat Automation at the University of Bristol.  Proceedings of 1st Meat Automation Concerted Action (MACA) conference, 25-27th February 1998, Malaga, Spain.

Purnell, G. (1998) Robotic Equipment in the Meat Industry. Meat Consumption and Culture, 44th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST), Barcelona, Spain.  Volume II, pp244-251. 

Purnell, G. (1998) Robotic equipment in the meat industry.  Meat Science.  Vol. 49:1, S297-S307.

Purnell, G. & Brown, T. (1999) Recent meat automation activities at FRPERC.  Proceedings of Meat Automation Concerted Action (MACA) Conference, April 1999, Parma, Italy.

Brown, T., James, S. J., Purnell, G. & Swain, M. J. (2000) Improving food cutting systems. IChemE Food & Drink 2000 Processing Solutions for Innovative Products, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK, ISBN 0 85295 438 7, pp103-106.

Purnell, G. (2000) Controlled trimming of meat: A case study.  Meat International: Technical report - Automation for Meat, Fish and Poultry Cutting and Packaging.  pp46-49.

Purnell, G. (2000) Robotic Pork Primal Cutting.  Meat and Poultry 2000 - Seminar 3. Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA), 20th November 2000, Chipping Campden, UK.

Purnell, G. & Brown, T. (2000) Controlled trimming of meat: A case study.  Proceedings of Meat Automation Concerted Action (MACA) Conference, 17-18th February 2000, Clermont Ferrand, France.

Purnell, G. & James, S. J. (2000) Robotic cutting of hot and cold pork primals. IChemE Food & Drink 2000 Processing Solutions for Innovative Products, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK, ISBN 0 85295 438 7, pp12-15.

Purnell, G., Brown, T. & James, S. (2000) Cutting Research at the University of Bristol.  Meat and Poultry 2000 - Seminar 3. Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA), 20th November 2000, Chipping Campden, UK.

Purnell, G., Brown, T. & James, S. (2000) Cutting Research at University of Bristol.  Proceedings of Meat Automation Concerted Action (MACA) meeting, Malaga, Spain.  June.

Purnell, G., Brown, T. & James, S. (2001) Cutting Edge Research.  Meat Automation.  Vol. 2, pp25-27.

Purnell, G. & Brown, T. (2003) Automation: Meat Processing.  New Food.   ISSN-1461-4642. Vol. 6:3, pp80-86.

James, S. J. (2004) Flow problems in the food industry.  DTI Workshop on Flow Problems in Industry, Solihull, UK.

Purnell, G. (2004) Robotic automation for pork primal cutting.  Food Technology International.  ISBN 1-85938-535-4 / ISSN-1460-3179, pp54-58.

Purnell, G. & Brown, T. (2004) Equipment for controlled fat trimming of lamb chops.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.  Vol. 45:1-3, pp109-124.

Brown, T., James, S. J. & Purnell, G. (2005) Cutting forces in foods - experimental measurements.  Journal of Food Engineering.  Vol. 70:2, pp165-170.

Purnell, G. (2005) Robotic response to processing challenges.  Food Processing Intelligence.  ISBN 1-85938-529-X.  Spring, pp37-39.

Purnell, G. & Loeffen, M. (2006) Automation for the modern slaughterhouse. Chpt 3, pp43-71.  Advanced Technologies For Meat Processing, edited by Nollet, L. M. L. & Toldra, F.  ISBN 1-57444-587-1.

Wurdemann, H., Aminzadeh, V., Dai, J. S., Purnell, G. & Reed, J. (2009) Intrinsic relation between categorisation of food products and processes. Proceedings of ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2009), 22-24th June 2009, King's College London, University of London, UK.

Wurdemann, H., Aminzadeh, V., Dai, J. S., Purnell, G. & Reed, J. (2009) Intrinsic relation between categorisation of food products and ordering processes. Energising Food Manufacturing to Emerge from Recession to a Sustainable Future, Joint meeting of FMEG and AFANet, 4th November 2009, Northampton, UK.

Purnell, G. (2010)  The Scope for Robotics in Fish Processing.  Infofish International.  Number 4/2010, pp32-35.

Aminzadeh, V., Wurdemann, H., Dai, J.S., Reed, J. & Purnell, G. (2010) A new algorithm for pick-and-place operation.  Industrial Robot: An International Journal.  Vol. 37:6, pp527-531.

Wurdemann, H., Aminzadeh, V., Dai, J.S., Reed, J. & Purnell, G. (2010) Introducing a new 3D ordering processfor discrete food products using food categorisation.  Industrial Robot: An International Journal.  Vol. 37:6, pp562-570.

Wurdemann, H., Aminzadeh, V., Dai, J.S., Reed, J. & Purnell, G. (2011) Category-based food ordering processes.  Trends in Food Science & Technology. Vol. 22:1, pp14-20.

James, C. & James, S. J. (2013) Automatic control of food chilling and freezing. Chpt 12, pp288-303.  Robotics and Automation in the Food Industry: Current and Future Technologies, edited by Caldwell, D. Woodhead Publishing Ltd.

Purnell, G. (2013) Robotics and automation in meat processing. Chpt 13, pp304-328. Robotics and Automation in the Food Industry: Current and Future Technologies, edited by Darwin Caldwell.  Woodhead Publishing Ltd.