Muhammad Waqar

Researcher, Food Technology and Innovation Research Center of Excellence · School of Agricultural Technology and Food Industry, Walailak University, Tha Sala · Thailand

Muhammad researches how artificial intelligence — machine learning, computer vision, and hyperspectral imaging — is being applied across the food production and processing chain to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

1 published paper

Artificial Intelligence in the Food Industry: Transforming Safety, Efficiency, and Sustainability From Farm to Fork

A sweeping review of AI in food production finds hyperspectral-imaging quality checks hitting up to 100% accuracy and predictive maintenance cutting downtime 30% — yet food remains the least robotic-adopting industrial sector of all, at just 5% penetration.

Food ScienceAgri Data ScienceArtificial IntelligenceFood Safety

1 field note

Field notes9 min read

Food Manufacturing Is the Least Robotic Industry — and That's Changing

A ten-author review of AI across the food industry finds quality-inspection systems already hitting near-perfect accuracy and predictive maintenance cutting downtime by a third — while robots have barely touched the factory floor at all, at just 5% penetration versus 33% in assembly plants.

By Muhammad WaqarFrom the paper: Artificial Intelligence in the Food Industry: Transforming Safety, Efficiency, and Sustainability From Farm to Fork →