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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.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Element's stage
What the source says
“Aigen has built more than 100 robots and logged more than 15,000 autonomous hours in the field”
What it means
Element, from Aigen, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. 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 a second-generation Element and said its robots would weed cotton at Bowles Farming Company in California's Central Valley in 2025.
- 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.