Smart farmingFamily6 min read
A day following the NG-Guide robot on a smart farm
A guide robot that speaks four languages, stops right where strawberries are ripe and reminds you to drink water when it's hot.
At 8 am in Phong Dien, NG-Guide was waiting at the gate, its screen reading “Welcome, Han's family”. My kids cheered before I'd even got out of the car.
The robot walks slowly enough for the youngest to keep up and stops at each zone to tell a story: why strawberries need cool air, why hydroponic lettuce needs no soil.
Greenhouses that talk
On a big screen, temperature, humidity and light readings update live. When the sun came out, the shade nets rolled across by themselves – the kids watched as if it were magic.
Lunch we picked ourselves
Our basket got a QR label and went to the kitchen. Thirty minutes later it was a salad and a garden-greens fish hotpot. It was the first time I saw my kids eat vegetables without coaxing.
Places in this story
NG hubCan ThoNG farm
NG AI Farm Park
Smart farm with robot guides, AI greenhouses and a farm-to-table kitchen
4.9(2,184)
More stories
5 min readMinh Khang
Cai Rang floating market at 5 am: how to do it right
Best time, shared or private boat, what to eat on the water and what to avoid.
7 min readThảo Vy
Flood season at Tra Su: a forest carpeted in green
September to November is when the forest is at its best. Here is the 2-day An Giang route I took.
8 min readHoàng Long
The keepers of Mang Thit's kiln fires
Once home to thousands of kilns, the red pottery village is finding new life through tourism.