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Tech: 5G farming robot launched in Fujian

A white robot moves between two rows of leafy greens in a greenhouse while data about the plants are gathered and fed back to a control room. The robot was operating in Fujian province, and unlike many other agricultural robots, it is 5G-enabled. That means the real-time picture and video transmission has super low latency, which allows the data gathered from the robot's various sensors to be analyzed by artificial intelligence more efficiently. It can be used for automatic inspection and data sampling. Developed by Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Fujian Newland Era Hi-Tech Co, the robot is part of their efforts to build an "unmanned farm".

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