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During the 2025 National Two Sessions, CCTV-4’s special program “Two Sessions I Care About” spotlighted cutting-edge agricultural technologies, featuring the strawberry harvesting robot developed by S-H Robotics Lab. The robot exemplifies China’s progress toward “high-quality development of agricultural machinery” as outlined in the 2025 Central Document No. 1.

On January 20, 2025, the S-H Robotics Lab held its annual Chinese New Year Seminar, where lab members presented their progress in 2024, and outlined goals for the coming year.

We are delighted to share that our paper, “A Fast Path-Planning Method for Continuous Harvesting of Table-Top Grown Strawberries,” has been accepted by the prestigious journal IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics.

This work was primarily conducted by Mr. Yang Chen, our former Master’s student, with the conceptual foundation proposed by Dr. Ya Xiong.

Recently, the Haidiain District Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized a milestone project completion review meeting for the 2024 Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Projects. The meeting was attended by representatives from the district’s financial bureau, the Zhongguancun Science City Management Committee, and a panel of experts to assess the progress of projects hosted by S-H Robotics Lab.

We are thrilled to announce that the National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture (Nercita) has been approved to lead a major project under the 2024 National Key R&D Program. The project, titled “Application of Human-Machine-Environment-Agronomy Intelligent Collaborative Models in Unmanned Open-Field Vegetable Scenarios” (Project No. 2024YFD200800), represents a groundbreaking effort to integrate large-scale models into the field of smart agricultural equipment.

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.

We are excited to welcome three new members to the S-H Robotics Lab family: Mr. Yi Li, Mr. Donglin Li, and Ms. Guangying Cui. Their addition strengthens our team and enhances our capabilities.

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.