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Naïo names French wine estates using its Ted vineyard robot, including Château Labégorce, which said it wanted to cut weed killer use amid a shortage of workers.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robots's stage
What the source says
“We wanted to reduce herbicide use in a context of real labor shortages.”
What it means
Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robots, from Naïo Technologies, 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 Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robots
- Naïo signed an agreement with tractor maker KIOTI Europe to develop a new robot platform together.
- Naïo says it has sold 480 robots, all made in France and working on five continents.
- Naïo announced a new leadership team and a €6.4 million financing plan backed by Mirova, Bpifrance and the Occitanie region.
- Naïo said the plan would keep 21 jobs and create 10 new ones by 2030.
- Naïo was founded in Escalquens, near Toulouse in France, where it designs and builds its robots.