Robot can cut food

Not a topic for human-robot collaboration, but certainly a big market: cutting yielding, because organic food with different consistencies. Chip manufacturers like Infineon or even Nvidia are clear that they can sell more semiconductors if tricky problems are solved. That's why they're also researching robotics.

Nvidia has now published a video and paper that show how it works. Many foods deform during the cutting process as a result of the pressure that is applied. Therefore, feedback during the cutting process is beneficial, as the research revealed. In the case of a tomato, for example, a lot of force must first be used to cut through its skin. After that, little force is sufficient.

The practical benefits of research can be quite large. However, the object must also be fixed. In the case of meat, good optical recognition would also be important in order to separate fat or recognize tendons, for example.

In my opinion, another solution could be to cut the food using waterjet cutting.

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