Robot uses photonic sensors to pick strawberries in gee-whiz numbers

Robots engineered for picking delicate, soft fruits have not made out very well, for several reasons. Tricky business. Squashed fruit was one drawback and the other was the machine not being smart enough to discern which berry was ripe and which was rotten.

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