Beijing, June 29 -- A Chinese company has rolled out a 24/7 intelligent laser weeding robot, which it claims is potentially the country's first of its kind.
The robot, Hg LaserWeeder, was showcased on Saturday at an event hosted by Huagong Technology Industry Co., Ltd., one of its developers, in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.
Equipped with data models covering thousands of crop and weed varieties and an AI-powered vision system, the robot can dynamically adjust its laser intensity to eliminate weeds while sparing crops, said Xiong Bian, AI algorithm lead at the company's research institute.
"This robot is expected to replace chemical herbicides, known as the 'number one soil killer,'" Xiong said.
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