A robot carrying out an ancient job.

in Popular STEM20 days ago

A robot carrying out an ancient job.



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The tea harvest.


In a lush tea field in southern China among humans, bamboo baskets and delicate leaves, a new worker emerges in the middle of the green landscape, but he is not human called


Equipped with artificial intelligence sensors and a state-of-the-art navigation system, the Xunxiao is not just being trained to replace human labor, it is redefining agricultural automation as we know it.




How to carry out the collection.


The secret of the Xunxiao is in the combination of computer vision, language models and high-precision sensors, it not only recognizes the most tender shoots of the plants, but also executes the harvesting movement with a degree of delicacy comparable to that of an experienced human worker.


Its multispectral sensor system detects texture, shape and resistance of the leaf, guaranteeing careful selective harvesting without damaging the plant. One of the great advantages of robots is their ability to navigate on irregular terrain with high precision. Thanks to 3D fusion technology, it creates three-dimensional maps in real time of the environment, detecting holes, elevations, unevenness and all types of obstacles with a precision of up to half a centimeter, even in busy fields or with rugged geography. With its movement on wheels, it maintains its route with total precision. autonomy, without the need for human intervention.


The Xunxiao was developed by the startup Youibot in collaboration with Xi'an Jiaotong University and belongs to a new generation of intelligent robots with it integrated its brain combines language models with expert systems, allowing it to adapt to different contexts with relative ease and in practice this means it can switch between agricultural, industrial and logistical tasks without changing hardware, a revolution in robotic versatility.


Today it harvests tea, but tomorrow it could be inspecting power turbines, performing automated sorting in warehouses or operating with precision in industrial environments such as semiconductors and this is not an isolated case in China robots are already being used even to extract rubber in rubber trees or perform rescue missions.


Yes friends the silent revolution of the already incorporated and machines is invading even the most traditional sectors and that is changing everything, the Xunxiao is not just a robotic innovation is a symbol of a new chapter of human automation, the one where robots work side by side with people even in unpredictable environments with enough sensitivity and intelligence, do you think the future of agriculture will be dominated by robots.



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