Sunkist Research and Tech Services launches next-gen citrus fruit sorter

The fully automated Sunsortai machine, a next-generation sorter from Sunkist Research and Technical Services, is a sorting and grading machine for citrus fruit. The new sorter uses Google AI technology to assess the inherent quality of each piece it processes, including any potential defects.

The Sunsortai uses a proprietary imaging system to automatically identify fruit characteristics such as size, shape, weight, blemishes and even decay that might not be visible to the naked eye. Be it citrus greening, oleocellosis or citrus cankers, the sorter can be trained to recognize the blemishes and defects that matter the most to each packer's operation.