New robot uses vacuum system to harvest tomatoes
The future of food production will require greater efficiencies, sustainable practices, and maximizing yields at every step. To optimize the future production of tomatoes, Syngenta Vegetable Seeds recently worked with Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Four Growers, Inc. to test the GR-100 robotic harvester in tomato research. "The robot sees the tomato, identifies its ripeness, decides whether or not
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