Xinjiang deploys 108-arm robot for cotton topping, slashes labor costs
This undated photo shows a 108-arm robot designed for cotton topping in Shihezi City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.(Xinhua)
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"Xinjiang deploys 108-arm robot for cotton topping, slashes labor costs
It has 108 mechanical arms, rolls through cotton fields like a slow-moving tank, and performs more than 300,000 snips an hour. It is not some new weapon from a superhero movie, but a real robot built to do one of farming's most tedious jobs: cotton topping.
2026-07-23
张嘉琪
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