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. 2023 Nov 6;14:7132. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42838-7

Fig. 5. Soft smart gripper for fruit maturity sensing.

Fig. 5

a The pneumatic soft grippers compose four actuators for the gripping of a tomato. b The schematics of the VegPU/Ag electrode on a soft pneumatic actuator. c The twisting deformation of a soft pneumatic actuator. d The resistance changes of VegPU/Ag electrode after cycling twisting deformation. e, f The different placements/gestures and measured impedance of the gripper when gripping a tomato, respectively. The photo images (g), Bode impedance curves (h), and Nyquist impedance (i) were acquired by the soft gripper of one tomato during 7 days of storage. j Schematics of ions movement inside the tomato tissue at high and low frequencies. The photo images (k), Bode impedance curves acquired by the soft gripper (l), soluble content (m), and firmness (n) of three tomatoes.