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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

High-frequency wireless tech will help suppliers sort fruit based on fine-grained ripeness measurements — enabling distributors and retailers to save good fruit and veg from being thrown out with the ...