EU: AI system helps identify stress symptoms in shrimp

Computer vision system measuring the length of individual shrimp Under the direction of the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Center for Polar and Marine Research. Helmholtz (AWI), in partnership with shrimp pioneers Oceanloop and Sander Holding, experts in water treatment systems, the MonitorShrimp project involved a group of researchers and engineers who developed a computer vision-based system that can count the number of shrimp and measure their length. with 95 percent accuracy. This has been achieved in real time and under real conditions, i.e. at high stocking densities and in turbid waters. The system offers aquaculture companies a better understanding of how their production system works, as well as how to conduct it ethically. The new technology has been developed to meet the needs of European land-based shrimp farms, which are increasingly focusing on sustainability and animal welfare. The first prototype was tested at the Oceanloop research farm in Kiel, Germany in 2022. A ...