Robots are learning to carefully peel lettuce leaves

Technology is designed to improve and streamline every facet of life, and that inevitably includes areas most people would never even think about. A random issue for many, perhaps, but for the agriculture industry, a new development in this field is a big deal. Researchers from Cambridge University have developed the first robotic lettuce leaf peeling system, which not only demonstrates advances in automation, but addresses increasing food and labor demands. After harvesting, lettuces must have their outer layers removed. This is a time-consuming, menial task currently performed by farm workers, whose man power is better used elsewhere.