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A robot picks tea leaves inside an orchard in Yongchuan, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on March 31, 2025. Picking tea leaves usually requires nimble manual work, but this robot can pick a tea leaf every two seconds with the quality of picking similar to that of the human hand, local media outlets reported. Photo: VCG