Against the backdrop of the Hai'an Municipal Government’s vigorous push for digitalized and intelligent agriculture, the Hai'an Smart Agricultural Industry Development Conference with the theme of "Strengthening Agriculture Through Science and Technology, Forging an Intelligent Chain for the Future" was grandly convened on December 27. The conference gathered industry experts and innovative forces to jointly explore transformation paths for modern agriculture.

At the event, Azure Engine exhibited its self-developed Guangyun series laser weeding robots, offering a practical new intelligent equipment option for the development of smart agriculture in Hai'an.

Addressing Core Industry Pain Points: Shifting From Reliance on Labor and Pesticides to Precision Intelligence

Traditional weeding operations have long faced three major challenges: efficiency, cost and safety. With steadily rising labor costs, traditional manual weeding has become increasingly unsustainable. Meanwhile, tightening restrictions on pesticide application impose higher standards for quality and safety in agricultural production. Although chemical weeding delivers relatively high efficiency, its downsides including pesticide residues, soil compaction and ecological strain have become prominent bottlenecks holding back high-quality, sustainable agricultural development.

Azure Engine directly tackles these critical pain points by focusing on non-chemical precision weed management. Integrating artificial intelligence, high-precision visual perception and laser control technologies, the Guangyun robot series forms a complete operation closed loop of "perception-decision-execution", aiming to deliver a new-generation weeding solution at the source.

Technology Empowers Practical Production: A New Efficient, Precise and Eco-friendly Alternative

Zhao Zhiwu, CEO of Azure Engine, shared insights into the core value of Guangyun robots: "We strive to provide farmers with a new weeding solution featuring lower costs, higher precision and greener operation.

CEO Zhao Zhiwu introducing laser weeding robots at the conference

Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness

A single laser weeding robot can cover over 100 mu per working day, greatly reducing large-scale farms’ long-term reliance on manual labor and overall management expenses. For high-value cash crops such as medicinal herbs and organic vegetables, the zero-pesticide-residue quality guarantee translates directly into substantial market premium prices.

Precision and Adaptability

The robot’s wheel track is flexibly adjustable between 1.4 and 2.2 meters, widely compatible with ridge planting patterns ranging from grain and oil crops to high-value cash crops. It causes no damage to farm drip irrigation belts and requires no special sowing or ridging configurations.

Eco-friendliness and Sustainability

No chemical agents are used throughout operation, fundamentally eliminating pesticide residue risks, protecting farmland ecosystems and soil health. It serves as an ideal technical tool for developing green and organic agriculture and complying with the national pesticide and fertilizer reduction policies, delivering solid scientific and technological support for sustainable agricultural development.

Aligned With Hai’an’s Agricultural Digitalization Goals

Hai’an City signs industrial cooperation agreements with enterprises including Azure Engine

Hai’an has laid out clear agricultural development plans: by 2028, the agricultural informatization productivity rate will reach 65%, and the mechanization rate for characteristic agriculture will hit 85%. Achieving this ambitious target hinges on the rollout of cutting-edge technical equipment and adoption by agricultural operators.

Hai’an has already made remarkable progress in smart agriculture construction. Azure Engine will cooperate closely with Hai’an to boost the promotion of intelligent farm machinery and advance full-process intelligent transformation of agricultural production.