Month: October 2026

Gold Award at Australiaโ€“China Economic, Trade and Investment Expo (ACETIE) 2026

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The ๐€๐‘๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‡๐ฎ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ-๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž was delighted to participate in the ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐šโ€“๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ, ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ (๐€๐‚๐„๐“๐ˆ๐„) ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” held from 10 -12 September at the ๐Œ๐ž๐ฅ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž. The ACETIE 2026 brought together industry, technology, business and research communities around innovation, intelligent manufacturing, trade and collaboration.

The ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ (๐Œ๐€๐‘๐’), an autonomous orchard harvesting robot developed at Monash University, received the Gold Award at ACETIE 2026, thanks to the MARS team members: Dr Shao Liu, Mr Dilshan Ranasinghe, Mr Ali Yasar, Mr Edric Lay, Mr Andrew, and Mr Ayham Ahmed. Combining advanced AI vision, robotic manipulation, and intelligent motion planning, MARS demonstrates how next-generation robotics can help address some of Australian agriculture’s most pressing challenges, including labour shortages, productivity demands, and sustainable food production.

Hub Director Prof Chao Chen participated in the panel discussion on how AI is reshaping business, investment, and commercialisation and delivered a talk in ๐€๐ˆ & ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ โ€“ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ at the ACETIE 2026.

The ARC Cyber-Farming Hub is committed to transforming agriculture through cutting-edge technologies in:

ร˜ย Robotics and autonomous systems
ร˜ย Artificial Intelligence and embodied AI
ร˜ย Smart sensing for soil and plants
ร˜ย Data-driven automation and decision support

A big thanks to everyone who visited our stand and explored how robotics, AI, sensing technologies, and automation are reshaping agriculture. The strong interest and engaging discussions at ACETIE reinforced the growing momentum for innovation across the agricultural sector.

We were delighted to connect with growers, industry partners, researchers, technology providers, and policymakers who share our vision for a more sustainable, productive, and resilient future for Australian agriculture.

We look forward to continuing these conversations and driving the future of cyber-farming together.

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Award at WAFI 2026: World AgriFood Innovation Conference

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ARC Cyber-Farming Hub Director Prof Chao Chen participated in the WAFI 2026: World AgriFood Innovation Conference, a leading global forum advancing agrifood innovation and collaboration between September 17-19 2026, in Beijing China.

Our autonomous Monash Apple Retrieving System (MARS) robot proudly took home the 3rd prize at the Conference highlighting the impact of innovative robotics in agriculture. Prof Chen joined international agrifood leaders as a panel speaker at the AgriFood Innovation & Investment Forum panel – ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Incredibly proud to showcase Australian agtech on the world stage and help drive the future of sustainable farming!