Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: WIPO "tomato" Apparatus, a system and a method are disclosed. The apparatus is connectable to a robotic arm and for gripping and cutting a stem that supports a fruit or flower without making contact with the fruit or flower, the apparatus comprising: a pair of opposed gripping fingers, comprising a first gripping finger comprising a first inner gripping surface region and a second gripping finger comprising a second inner gripping surface region, that are selectively closeable to apply a gripping force to a stem that supports a fruit or flower and thereby grip the stem at a gripped region; and at least one cutting element, coupled to the pair of opposed gripping fingers, comprising a cutting edge that is configured to cut the stem in a cutting region, spaced apart from the gripped region, when the pair of opposed gripping fingers have gripped the stem.