Tyson Foods is developing robots to cut meat amid coronavirus outbreak - Insider

Tyson Foods is ramping up development of robots that can cut meat in response to coronavirus outbreaks in meatpacking plants

Tyson Foods is reportedly accelerating development of robotic technology designed to handle processes like deboning the 39 million chickens that go through the company's plants each week, according to a report from theWhile the project has been in the works for several years, the meatpacking company increased urgency around the effort in the wake of a rash of coronavirus

"Meat and poultry processing facilities face distinctive challenges in the control of infectious diseases, including COVID-19," the CDC report states. "COVID-19 outbreaks among meat and poultry processing facility workers can rapidly affect large numbers of persons."

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