Agricultural robot: newest farm help

A flying robot monitors the growing condition of the crops over farmlands in Ili, a Kazak autonomous prefecture in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 25, 2011. With camera equipment and an automatic fertilizing system in the front, the robot can fly autonomously and apply fertilizer independently. It is made by the national key laboratory of robotics of Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences. [Photo/Xinhua]