Handle with care: Soft robot gripper picks ripe fruit without bruising
April 20, 2026
April 20, 2026
ITHACA, New York, April 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Handle with care: Soft robot gripper picks ripe fruit without bruising
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When assessing the ripeness of fruit, sight and smell can tell you a lot, but the best indicator is often how the fruit feels.
Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then gen . . .
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Handle with care: Soft robot gripper picks ripe fruit without bruising
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When assessing the ripeness of fruit, sight and smell can tell you a lot, but the best indicator is often how the fruit feels.
Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then gen . . .