Pick Fruit

Today, machines can construct anything from vehicles to computers to other machines for us, yet oddly, some of the easiest tasks are the ones they struggle with. They're not very good at picking strawberries, for example. Moreover, there are a ton of additional fruits and veggies.

The cause of the robotic malfunction is all too simple to deduce. It's difficult for a robot to determine whether or not it's being too tough. A little touch is required for fruits like strawberries and other berries. Nuts can likely be harvested by a robot until the cows come home, but berries must be treated carefully. Robotic harvesters are unable to detect when they are pressing the crop too hard and damaging it.

Actually, harvesting robots are being developed to get around this problem by selecting entire plants rather than simply the berries. In the same period of time, they can complete the task of thirty individuals. The picking robots must currently scan fields to determine where to go in order to find the ripe fruit. They can currently only pick around 50% of the ripe fruit, compared to humans who can collect up to 90%.