Nevertheless it was not possible to find similar existing products, these do not exist yet, or some draft ideas were still under development. Moreover we conducted multiple researches and we consulted the EU patent website to try to find similar existing products that could be improved for this goal. Several gripping systems were designed and experimentally tried.

To Ideate a way to achieve higher standards of hygiene for the delivery of fruits and vegetables, different possible solutions were proposed and analysed. A more detailed development of this final product was conducted during the course 'Design Methodology' also part of the Electromechanical engineering program. It works only with 3 apples and there is no display to show the weight results.

This prototype can be implemented to make it a marketable product. The realized product is just a prototype made during the course 'Mechatronics 1' of the Bruface programme in Electromechanical engineering in Brussels at VUB and ULB.

Moreover, the supermarket could benefit from having an automated system for fruits and vegetables delivery since this system would ensure a correct and honest weighting of the product. The client is also able to select which of the three apple he wants by pressing on different buttons. This project, in particular, consists of a robotic arm that translates on a cart and is able to pick up, weight and deliver inside a bag an apple to the client. The aim of the following project is to prove the concept that it is possible to deliver and weight fruits and vegetables for clients in a more hygienic way in a supermarket. Offering to costumers the possibility to feel safer because they buy fresh products that are isolated from possible infecting vectors is a positive aspect that should be considered. Even if there is no evidence of transmission of Covid 19 through the surface of fruits, it is good to prevent this possibility, also for further viruses that might arise. When fruits and vegetables are sold at the supermarket they are usually exposed in open spaces, anyone can touch and handle them.Īfter the current Covid pandemic, people and institutions will require higher standards of hygiene to reduce the spread of future possible diseases. Fruit and vegetable market is a big sector that is worth more than 200 billion euros worldwide, this is expected to grow even more in the next decade due to an increasing healthier lifestyle across different European countries.

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