Award at WAFI 2026: World AgriFood Innovation Conference

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!