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A robot picks the buds of West Lake Longjing tea leaves at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
The AI tea picking robot was put into use in a tea garden. With a sun hat made of solar panels, a tea-picking robot weaved through rows of Longjing tea bushes in Hangzhou.
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A robot picks the buds of West Lake Longjing tea leaves at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
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A staff member operates an AI tea picking robot at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
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A robot picks the buds of West Lake Longjing tea leaves at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
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A robot picks the buds of West Lake Longjing tea leaves at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
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A robot picks the buds of West Lake Longjing tea leaves at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
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A robot picks the buds of West Lake Longjing tea leaves at a plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)
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Combination picture shows tea leaves picked by a robot (L) and by a staff member at a tea plantation in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, China, March 26, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)