ShandongA prototype robot scores wheat ears like a breeder.
China’s State Council wants AI in crop breeding under a five-year farm blueprint.
Researchers say an arm envelops one wheat ear, eight micro-cameras image it, and software outputs grain count and ear length.
The robot sprays paint on promising plants for a human to inspect.
The team has a preliminary agreement with Shandong Jizhi Biotech to commercialise it.
How each outlet framed it
- South China Morning Post leans favorable
- emphasizes the robot's autonomous judgment claim, framing it as replacing subjective manual wheat-ear assessment
Sources: South China Morning Post