RoboCrop and robots that can pick tomatoes

A December 9, 2025 Osaka Metropolitan University press release (also on EurekAlert but published December 8, 2025) describes a new approach to robot harvesting of tomatoes, In the agricultural sector, labor shortages are increasing the need for automated harvesting using robots. However, some fruits, like tomatoes, are tricky to harvest. Tomatoes typically bear fruit in [ ]