Automation in the german food industry

The common porker refuses to produce standardized pork chops, and even veal sausages shy away from uniformity. Despite this contrariness automated processes do have a long tradition within the German food industry. Elsa and Julien Huen from the department of Industrial Engineering at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, IPA, discuss the present situation and look at what still remains to be done.