简介:Wepresentarapidsystemforpredictingbeeftendernessbymimickingthehumantactilesense.ThedetectionsystemincludesaFSpressuresensor,apowersupplyconversioncircuit,asignalamplifierandaboxinwhichthesampleismounted.AsampleofrawLongissimusdorsi(LD)muscleisplacedinthemeasuringbox;thenarodconnectedtothepressuresensorispressedintothebeefsampletoagivendepth;thereactionforceofthebeefsampleismeasuredandusedtopredictthetenderness.SensoryevaluationandWarner-BratzlerShearForce(WBSF)evaluationofsamplesfromthesameLDmuscleareusedforcomparison.Thenewdetectionsystemagreeswithestablishedprocedure95%ofthetime,andthetimetotestasampleislessthan5minutes.