Prize awarded for pig weight calculator

Accurately judging the weight of an animal is a valuable skill achieved through years of practice.

Put those years of practice into a mathematical-statistical computing programme, point a camera at the animal, and it will tell the weight consistently.

The idea has won two EuroTier gold medals for German company Holscher and Leuschner. Its optiCOW 3D measuring of dairy cows functions completely automatically, identifying each cow through RFID technology, estimating its weight, but also its body condition score.