GPS-assisted rice-planting robot unveiled

GPS-assisted rice-planting robot unveiled

The National Agriculture Research Center of the farm ministry unveils on June 16 a rice-planting robot employing the global positioning system (GPS) at its pilot farm in Ibaraki Prefecture. GPS is widely used in car navigation systems.

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