Farm
Aigen launched a second-generation Element and said its robots would weed cotton at Bowles Farming Company in California's Central Valley in 2025.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“robotic crews weeding Bowles Cotton fields for the 2025 growing season”
What it means
Element, from Aigen, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Element
- Aigen launched the Element Gen 2 X4, which weeds both in and between crop rows, with fleets offered for the 2027 season. It said it had built more than 100 robots.
- Aigen opened orders for the Element gen2 for delivery to US farms in 2026.
- Aigen brought 50 robots to sugar beet fields in Minnesota's Red River Valley, including a field of sugar beet growers' leader Neil Rockstad.
- Aigen's 2024 and 2025 robots sold out in a day, according to Fast Company.
- Aigen raised $12 million from investors including NEA and AgFunder.
- Aigen launched its solar-powered Element weeding robot, with a sugar beet farmer near Fargo, North Dakota, planning to use it.