{"id":132641,"date":"2025-07-11T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132641"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:00:06","slug":"chinas-cotton-topping-robot-promises-full-automated-production-of-xinjiang-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=132641","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s cotton topping robot promises full automated production of Xinjiang crop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has unveiled the world\u2019s first laser topping robot, overcoming a major hurdle in cotton\u2019s laborious cultivation cycle to achieve the quest for fully mechanised cotton production, according to its developer.<br \/>\nCotton topping involves removing the plant\u2019s top bud to redirect nutrients towards lateral branches, boosting boll formation and yield \u2013 a process that has long been plagued by inefficiency, inaccuracy and crop damage.<br \/>\nThe laser topping robot was jointly developed by Xinjiang University&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3317806\/chinas-cotton-topping-robot-promises-fully-automated-production-xinjiang-crop?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has unveiled the world\u2019s first laser topping robot, overcoming a major hurdle in cotton\u2019s laborious cultivation cycle to achieve the quest for fully&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132641"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}