TouchRIPE
'UAE's first hand-held device' used to assess the ripeness of fruits.
✔︎ Non-destructive ✔︎ On-tree ✔︎ Wearable ✔︎ AI-driven
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ABOUT US
"Harvest Right, Ripen Bright – Perfect Fruits in Every Hand"
Our Startup aims to revolutionize fruit quality inspection, offering a reliable, efficient, and user- friendly solution to ensure optimal harvest timing and improve marketability.
TouchRIPE is UAE’s first ripeness assessment device, conceived, developed, and patented at Khalifa University (KU). It is the world’s first wearable system that mimics human palpation to provide rapid, non-destructive, on-tree fruit firmness estimation within seconds. TouchRIPE enables consistent harvest and quality decisions, reduces post-harvest waste, extends shelf life, and supports the UAE Food Security Strategy 2051 .
PRODUCTS
Teleoperation-Guided Robot Learning For Harvesting
PRE-ORDER NOWVision-and-Touch Intelligence for Crop Ripeness Monitoring
PRE-ORDER NOWSwishFormer based Fruit Sorting Robot using DIGIT Tactile Sensor
PRE-ORDER NOWEnd to End Perception to Action Control For Fruit ripeness Estimation and Autonomous grasping
PRE-ORDER NOWAWARDS
🏅 Excellence in Agriculture Industry – Best Agri-Product Innovation - AgriNext Conference 2025, Dubai - Honoured at the AgriNext Conference 2025 for outstanding innovation in agricultural technology, recognising TouchRIPE as a best-in-class AI-powered product for accurate, non-destructive fruit quality and ripeness evaluation.
🏆 Certificate of Appreciation – GITEX 2025 - Department of Government Enablement (DGE), Abu Dhabi - Awarded by the Department of Government Enablement, Abu Dhabi, in recognition of TouchRIPE’s exhibition at GITEX Global 2025, highlighting its contribution to non-destructive, AI-driven fruit ripeness assessment and its relevance to national innovation and food security initiatives.
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TouchRIPE at Agricultural & Tech Events
TouchRIPE has been actively showcased across major agricultural, technology, and innovation exhibitions in the UAE and internationally, demonstrating its patented tactile sensing technology for non-destructive crop ripeness assessment. From early-stage academic demonstrations to large-scale government and industry platforms, these exhibitions reflect the project’s steady transition from research to real-world deployment.
The team has presented TouchRIPE at leading global events including IROS 2024, GITEX Global, Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition (ADIFE), Emirates Agriculture Conference, and Make it in the Emirates , engaging with policymakers, agri-industry leaders, researchers, and startups. Multiple exhibitions were conducted in collaboration with Khalifa University and SILAL, highlighting joint efforts in agribotics, autonomous greenhouses, and AI-driven agriculture solutions.
These events enabled live device demonstrations, stakeholder pitching, and field-relevant discussions—validating TouchRIPE’s impact, strengthening industry partnerships, and positioning the technology as a scalable solution for precision agriculture and agri-robotics innovation.
ENDORSEMENTS
Mr. Salmeen Ali Ameeri, CEO of Agthia
Prof Ling, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Omar Jadah Al Ali, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
Colin Tendai, CEO, Chianina Enterprises, Zimbabwe
Sameer Holdman, Principal Project Manager
RESEARCH PAPERS
FIELD IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS
BOOK A VISIT
Lulu Hypermarket, Al Ain
Ripeness Opsys site visit, Dubai
Packhouse, Al Foah Farm, Al Ain
SAFCO, Dubai
OUR TEAM
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Mashood Mohammad Mohsan
Research Associate
Dr. Ahmad Abubakar
Post-doctoral Fellow
Meenakshi Jayakumar
Research Assistant
Yazid Musthafa
Research Assistant
Dr. Irfan Hussain
Associate Professor
