Smart service robots in spotlight at Canton Fair

Inside an exhibition hall of the Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, an intelligent robot demonstrated its ability to harvest tomatoes by identifying the ripe fruits and carefully picking them off the vine.

The robot, developed by Hangzhou Qogori Tech, was among hundreds of innovative and intelligent Chinese-made robotic products on display at the China Import and Export Fair, popularly known as the Canton Fair.

"Nearly half of our products are shipped to the European market, where centralized production farms have a growing demand for intelligent harvesting robots," said Zhu Guohong, a sales manager of the company, which is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.