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During the 2024 China Seed Congress held in Fengtai District Park from October 16th to 18th, representatives from the Fengtai District Government and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs visited our exhibition area in the No.6 Intelligent Greenhouse. They observed our spraying robot in action and highly affirmed our innovative achievements in agricultural intelligence, commending the application prospects of our technology in smart agriculture.

On October 16-17, 2024, the “Smart Technology and Equipment Empowering High-Quality Development of the Vegetable Industry” seminar was successfully held in Beijing, under the guidance of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology and hosted by the Beijing Agricultural Association, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, and Beijing Vegetable Association.

Dr. Ya Xiong was invited to participate in the event, where he delivered a report titled “Vegetable Harvesting Robots and Their Key Technologies.” A group of experts and scholars from the vegetable industry across China attended the conference to discuss cutting-edge innovations in smart technologies and equipment, seeking new paths for technology to promote high-quality agricultural development.

On September 10, 2024, Minister Han Jun and a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture visited Nercita to examine the latest innovations in agricultural robotics. During the visit, the S-H Robotics team had the honor of demoing HarvestFlex, our newly developed strawberry-picking robot, to the visiting leadership.

We are excited to announce that our lab is showcasing three of our latest robotic innovations — the mobile platform ‘Field Rover,’ the robotic arm ‘LingXtend,’ and the spraying robot — at the 2024 World Robotics Conference. These agricultural robots have garnered significant attention from visitors across the globe, demonstrating the technology and forward-thinking design that our lab is proud to develop.

On August 22, 2024, Dr. Shirin Ghatrehsamani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, visited Nercita. The visit was organized by Dr. Ya Xiong and included participation from Dr. Sen Lin, Dr. Ran Liu, Dr. Yueting Wang, along with more than 30 staff members and students from the center.

On July 15, 2024, a significant event took place at the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences with the unveiling of the graduate internship base between the Information College of Shandong Agricultural University and Nercita. This collaboration marks a new chapter in academic partnership and mutual development.

On July 9, 2024, Nercita welcomed over 100 undergraduate students and faculty members from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology for an on-site teaching session.

We are thrilled to announce that our master student Mr. Yang Chen’s paper, titled “Design and Control of a Novel Six-Degree-of-Freedom Hybrid Robotic Arm”, has been accepted for presentation at the 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024). This paper introduces LingXtend, a novel hybrid six-degree-of-freedom (DoF) robotic arm, specifically designed to overcome the challenges faced by conventional robotic arms in agricultural settings.

We are pleased to announce that our lab has been awarded funding for two new projects by the Haidian District Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. These grants will support our ongoing efforts to advance agricultural robotics and integrate innovative technologies into modern farming practices.