Human and Animal Factors Engineering Laboratory
המעבדה להנדסת גורמי אנוש ובעלי-חיים בחקלאות
Journal Publications
2026
Shen, L., Valnickova, B., Mordechay, S., Honig, H., Ross, M., Salzer, Y., & Forkosh, O. (2026). Welfare as a dynamic process: Fast and slow adaptation in dairy cows following relocation to an enriched enclosure. Animal, 20, Article 101891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2026.101891
Saraf, N., Gal, B., & Salzer, Y. (2026). Modeling apple harvest mechanization: Labor efficiency, cost, and decision support for platform adoption. Journal of the ASABE, 69(1), 181-194. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.16431
2025
Saraf, N., Morris, N., Nusinow, M., Sadowsky, A., Tikochinsky, T., & Salzer, Y. (2025). Co-designing decision support systems for niche agriculture: Medjool date thinning. engrXiv. https://doi.org/10.31224/5755
Cohen-Zinder, M., Shabtay, A., Shor-Shimoni, E., Honig, H. H., Asher, A., Friedman, S., Ross, M., Yitzhak, N., Shilo-Benjamini, Y., & Salzer, Y. (2025). Biotinidase as a novel biomarker for pain assessment in dairy cattle. Pain Reports, 10(6), e1338. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001338
Cohen, Y., Sadowsky, A., Nusinow, M., Morris, N., Tikochinsky, T., & Salzer, Y. (2025). Large-scale study on the influence of thinning practices on yield and fruit quality attributes in “Mejhoul” dates. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14, Article 102346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102346
Owoyemi, A., Balaklav, M., Porat, R., Lichter, A., Goren, A., Koenigstein, N., & Salzer, Y. (2025). Utilizing preharvest and packinghouse data in combination with storage trials to develop an intelligent logistic management system for 'Orri' mandarins, Postharvest Biology and Technology. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 223, Article 113452. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092552142500064X
2024
Owoyemi, A., Balaklav, M., Kochanek, B., Porat, R., Koenigstein, N., Salzer, Y., & Lichter, A. (2024). Deviations from optimal storage temperature and its impact on postharvest quality of table grape cv. Seedless. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 215, Article 113013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2024.113013
2023
Salzer, Y., Saraf, N., Bechar, A., Cohen, Y., Schmilovitch, Z., Berman, S., Yovel, Y., Sadowsky, A., & Bass, E. J. (2023). Integrating function allocation and operational event sequence diagrams to support human-robot coordination: Case study of a robotic date thinning system. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 18(1), 52-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/15553434231199727
Rozenstein, O., Cohen, Y., Alchanatis, V., Behrendt, K., Bonfil, D. J., Eshel, G., Harari, A., Harris, W. E., Klapp, I., Laor, Y., Linker, R., Paz-Kagan, T., Peets, S., Rutter, S. M., & Salzer, Y. (2024). Data-driven agriculture and sustainable farming: friends or foes? Precision Agriculture, 25(2), 243–264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-023-10061-5
Owoyemia, A., Holder, T., Porat, R., Lichter, A., Koenigstein, N. and Salzer, Y. (2023), Temperature interruptions harm the quality of stored 'Rustenburg' navel oranges and development of dynamic shelf-life prediction models”, Postharvest Biology and Technology, 204, Article 112458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2023.112458
2022
Salzer, Y., Lidor, G., Rosenfeld, L., Reshef, L., Shaked, B., Grinshpun, J., Honig, H. H., Kamer, H., Balaklav, M., & Ross, M. (2022). Technical note: A nose ring sensor system to monitor dairy cow cardiovascular and respiratory metrics. Journal of Animal Science, 100(9), skac240. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac240
Owoyemi, A., R. Porat, A. Lichter, A. Doron-faigenboim, O. Jovani, N. Koenigstein, and Y. Salzer. (2022). Large-Scale , High-Throughput Phenotyping of the Postharvest Storage Performance of ‘ Rustenburg ’ Navel Oranges and the Development of Shelf-Life Prediction Models. Foods, 11(13), Article 1840. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11131840
Owoyemi, A., Porat, R., Lichter, A., Doron-Faigenboim, A., Jovani, O., Koenigstein, N., & Salzer, Y. (2022). Evaluation of the storage performance of ‘Valencia’ oranges and generation of shelf-life prediction models. Horticulturae, 8(7), Article 570. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8070570
Owoyemi, A., Lapidot, O., Kochanek, B., Zahavi, T., Salzer, Y., Porat, R., & Lichter, A. (2022). Sour rot in the vineyard is an indicator of Botrytis rot in grapes after storage. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 191, Article 111980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2022.111980
2021
Salzer, Y., Honig, H. H., Shaked, R., Abeles, E., Kleinjan-Elazary, A., Berger, K., Fishbain, B., & Kendler, S. (2021). Towards on-site automatic detection of noxious events in dairy cows. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 236, Article 105260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105260
Symposia Proceedings
2020
Salzer, Y., & Bass, E.J. Using function allocation methods to inform research roadmaps: A human-robot interaction case study for Medjool date thinning, 64th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, October 5-9, 2020, Chicago, IL
2019
Salzer, Y., Naor, A., Yonai, E., Yechezkely, Y., Kfir, S., & Zait, S. (2019, June 24–26). Work study - Improving outputs and apple quality using integrated harvest platform conveyors [Conference session]. XXXVIII CIOSTA & CIGR Section V International Conference, Rhodes Island, Greece.
Book
Chapters
2026
Dusadeerungsikul, P. O., Salzer, Y., Bechar, A., & Nof, S. Y. (2026). Automation and robotics. In Next-Gen Smart Farming: Integrating Al, loT, Digital Twin, and Robotics for Cyber-Physical Systems (pp. 181–210). Elsevier - Academic Press.
2020
Salzer, Y., Naor, A., Yonai, E., Yechezkely, Y., Kfir, S., Zait, S. (2020). Time study for improving outputs and apple quality using integrated harvest platform. In D. Bochtis, C. Achillas, G. Banias, & M. Lampridi (Eds.), Bio-economy and Agri-production (pp. 221–233). Elsevier - Academic Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/C2018-0-05596-6