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As happy as a pig in mud or feeling sow-er? New technology could read animals’ emotions
Rachel Turner, Country Life • Aug 23, 2019
A team of scientists are using AI to monitor the feelings of the mammals, starting with the most intelligent of them all: the pig.
A team of scientists are using AI to monitor the feelings of the mammals, starting with the most intelligent of them all: the pig.
The high intelligence of pigs has been well-documented, but until now, their emotions have been a bit of a mystery.
Scientists at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory are carrying out pioneering work to shed light on this area and are developing a system to determine if the animals are happy, sad, stressed or relaxed.
BRL Research: Centre for Machine Vision
