World’s first intelligent hybrid breeding robot GEAIR Photo: Courtesy of the research team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Chinese scientists have successfully developed the world’s first AI-powered breeding robot named GEAIR (Genome Editing combined with AI-based Robotics). Capable of autonomous cruising and cross-pollination, the robot is expected to significantly enhance crop yields by reducing breeding costs, shortening breeding cycles, and improving breeding efficiency.
With integrated technologies of biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI), the research result of the breeding robot breaking through the bottlenecks in hybrid breeding and seed production was published in the Cell journal on Monday, the Global Times learned from the research team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.
Led by Xu Cao, a researcher from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, the research team proposed the crop-robot co-design concept for the first time.
The research team used gene editing to redesign the crop flower structures, rapidly and precisely created male-sterile flowers which are friendly to hybrid seed production by robot.
The researchers integrated the breeding robot with new-generation breeding technologies such as de novo domestication and speed breeding methods, creating for the first time an “intelligent robotic breeding factory” that enables the intelligent and rapid customization of superior varieties.
The researchers used the breeding robot in producing the soybean male sterile system which is expected to help China to take the lead in making breakthroughs in soybean hybrid breeding and significantly increase yield.
The study has pioneered an intelligent breeding model integrated with biotechnology as the foundation, AI as empowerment, and robotic as operator, marking that China has taken the lead in completing the construction of a closed-loop technology system with a fully autonomous and intelligent breeding robot.
According to Xu, his research team will apply this achievement to different crops.
Reviewers of the Cell journal highly praised the robot, lauding it as an exciting and innovative breakthrough, a model example of addressing major scientific and industrial challenges through the integration of biotechnology and AI technologies, which has a broad application prospect.
(Source: Global Times)
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World’s first intelligent hybrid breeding robot GEAIR Photo: Courtesy of the research team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)Chinese scientists have successfully developed the world’s first AI-powered breeding robot named GEAIR (Genome Editing combined with AI-based Robotics). Capable of autonomous cruising and cross-pollination, the robot is expected to significantly enhance crop yields by reducing breeding costs, shortening breeding cycles, and improving breeding efficiency.With integrated technologies of biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI), the research result of the breeding robot breaking through the bottlenecks in hybrid breeding and seed production was published in the Cell journal on Monday, the Global Times learned from the research team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.Led by Xu Cao, a researcher from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, the research team proposed the crop-robot co-design concept for the first time.The research team used gene editing to redesign the crop flower structures, rapidly and precisely created male-sterile flowers which are friendly to hybrid seed production by robot.The researchers integrated the breeding robot with new-generation breeding technologies such as de novo domestication and speed breeding methods, creating for the first time an “intelligent robotic breeding factory” that enables the intelligent and rapid customization of superior varieties.The researchers used the breeding robot in producing the soybean male sterile system which is expected to help China to take the lead in making breakthroughs in soybean hybrid breeding and significantly increase yield.The study has pioneered an intelligent breeding model integrated with biotechnology as the foundation, AI as empowerment, and robotic as operator, marking that China has taken the lead in completing the construction of a closed-loop technology system with a fully autonomous and intelligent breeding robot.According to Xu, his research team will apply this achievement to different crops.Reviewers of the Cell journal highly praised the robot, lauding it as an exciting and innovative breakthrough, a model example of addressing major scientific and industrial challenges through the integration of biotechnology and AI technologies, which has a broad application prospect.(Source: Global Times)