Due to the studies published in Postharvest Biology and Technology and the Journal of Food Quality by researchers, the use of spectroscopy in agriculture is gaining wider popularity. For the ...

Traditional robots are designed to perform the same task over and over again, but struggle when it comes to adapting to uncertainty or changing situations. But a new fruit-picking robotic system uses ...

A fruit sorting robot built by a British consulting firm may not sound like a riveting leap forward. In fact, it's one of the clearest indications yet that industrial automation is on the verge of a ...

One bad apple may not spoil the whole bunch, but when it comes to distributing food, a lot of good goes out with the bad. Now, researchers from Princeton University and Microsoft Research have ...

Compac Sorting Equipment is an internationally renowned manufacturer of large-scale fruit and vegetable sorting equipment and packing solutions for the fresh produce industry. Compac Sorting Equipment ...

The optical sorting system, made by Italian company Unitec, represents one of the fastest-advancing areas in agriculture: the packing line. “When you have a controlled environment in a warehouse, it’s ...

For countless decades scientists have relied on the lowly fruit fly, aka Drosophila melanogaster, because its simplicity makes it an ideal organism for studying genetics. But counting, sorting, and ...