Science

These Robotic Eyes Can Spot The Ripest Strawberries Of The Patch

It’s easy for people and most animals to tell the difference between ripe and unripe strawberries — just look for the red ones. But for robots, that’s no simple feat. So researchers at the National Physical Laboratory have developed a four-part technology to teach robots how to pick only the sweetest berries.


October 26, 2011
Science

Berries Battle Booze In Your Belly, Bellow Boffins

I am so drunk. But my stomach feels divine. It must be all the strawberries. Seriously, strawberries can save your stomach from boze.


December 3, 2010

Strawberry-Pickin’ Robots Only Picks The Red Berries

Yet another field of expertise has been wiped out by some steel pincers – strawberry-pickers. Japan’s robot detects which berries are at least 80 per cent red and picks them gently off the vine.