Wall-Ye wine robot takes bow in France's Burgundy
Wall-Ye wine robot takes bow in France's Burgundy
Sep 25, 2012 6
(BangkokPost) - A new vineyard worker is looking for a job in France. White with red trim, 50 centimeters (20 inches) tall and 60 wide, he has four wheels, two arms and six cameras, prunes 600 vines per day, and never calls in sick. The Wall-Ye V.I.N. robot, brainchild of Burgundy-based inventor Christophe Millot, is one of the robots being developed around the world aimed at vineyards struggling to find the labour they need.
It takes on labor-intensive chores likes pruning and de-suckering -- removing unproductive young shoots -- while collecting valuable data on the health and vigour of the soil, fruit and vine stocks.
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