Chinese AI farming bot wins innovation award

An agricultural artificial intelligence model developed by a research team from Harbin Institute of Technology in Heilongjiang province received the highest award at the 2024 British Innovation and Technology Show in January.

The Diamond Natural Earth Award was bestowed on the AI model named Kwoo, and the over 150-strong team from Harbin, which included teachers and postgraduate students from the faculty of computing. A further 26 undergraduate students dedicated themselves to developing Android, IOS, web and WeChat mini-programs for the AI model.

"Agriculture is fundamental to human survival," said Jiang Jingchi, an associate professor from the faculty. "At present, large-scale production in modern agriculture has evolved from machinery automation to intellectual and unmanned operation."