The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV) to shift the attention to today’s pressing matters. This initiative aims to bring to the forefront the importance of their nutritional value, the need for increased food security as well as the promotion of sustainable production and development.

Since its inception, the SoftGrip project has been on the sustainability wagon and therefore fully supports and celebrates 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. In a nutshell, we are developing the appropriate technologies to generate intelligent soft grippers capable of enhancing the harvesting process of mushrooms. Our project aims to contribute positively to a suffering food production sector by relieving mushroom farmers from high costs and low earnings. Yet, we consider it extremely important to safeguard food quality and minimise the environmental impact of our soft grippers. Hopefully, our gripping devices, meant to handle mushrooms, will also prove valuable to the soft fruit industry to help harvest berries, kiwis and grapes, amongst others.

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