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Honghu T70

The Honghu T70 is a cabless, lithium-battery electric driverless tractor developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and produced by Shiyan Guoke Honghu…

Form factor
agriculture
Maturity
pilot
Lifecycle
active

Overview

The Honghu T70 is a cabless, lithium-battery electric driverless tractor developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and produced by Shiyan Guoke Honghu Technology. It uses BeiDou positioning, millimeter-wave radar and sensor fusion to plan paths and avoid obstacles, and sends terrain and soil resistance data over 5G. Nine units were delivered to village cooperatives in Shiyan, Hubei for trial use.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
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No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Honghu T70. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Honghu T70.

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Sources (4)

  1. Shiyan: driverless tractors and soil-testing robots (Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs) · https://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/bmdt/yw/szdt/202504/t20250414_5614333_slh.shtml · 2025-04-14
  2. Shiyan Guoke Honghu: Building China's First Production Base for Third-Generation Agricultural Machinery · https://expolume.com/shiyan-guoke-honghu-building-chinas-first-production-base-for-third-generation-agricultural-machinery/ · 2025-12-08
  3. Meet the Honghu T70: China's First Autonomous Electric Tractor · https://www.powertraininternationalweb.com/sustainability/hongu-electric-tractor-china/ · 2026-05-04
  4. Honghu T70 driverless farm machine entering real agricultural fields (Instagram) · https://www.instagram.com/p/Dex-Ia3EuQY/ · 2026-10-21

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Common questions

What is Honghu T70?
The Honghu T70 is a cabless, lithium-battery electric driverless tractor developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and produced by Shiyan Guoke Honghu Technology. It uses BeiDou positioning, millimeter-wave radar and sensor fusion to plan paths and avoid obstacles, and sends terrain and soil resistance data over 5G. Nine units were delivered to village cooperatives in Shiyan, Hubei for trial use.
How much does Honghu T70 cost?
Honghu T70's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Honghu T70 from Shiyan Guoke Honghu Technology. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Honghu T70 actually deployed in the real world?
Honghu T70 is at the pilot stage: a trial is reported, but no deployment is yet verified at a named site on the DEPLOY registry. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes Honghu T70?
Honghu T70 is made by Shiyan Guoke Honghu Technology, based in Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Can you buy Honghu T70?
Honghu T70 is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
What are alternatives to Honghu T70?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable agriculture robots to Honghu T70 include VMS V310, Solinftec Solix Ag Robotics, John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray, MK-V.
How does Honghu T70 compare to VMS V310?
Honghu T70 and VMS V310 (DeLaval · 9 deployments) are both agriculture robots on the DEPLOY registry. Honghu T70 has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
What is Honghu T70's maturity stage?
Honghu T70 is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
Where is Honghu T70 deployed?
No verified deployments of Honghu T70 are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Honghu T70 safe?
Honghu T70 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-31

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-31

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

4
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Honghu T70.