Friday, 3 May, 2024
The Drinks Business, Patrick Schmitt MW
The tie-up sees the two companies work together to develop the YV01 autonomous robot, which is a self-driving vineyard sprayer guided by Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS that can operate on slopes up to 45 degrees.
The robotic ‘tractor’ has been developed by Yanmar Vineyard Solutions, which is an Epernay-based viticultural arm of Japan’s Yanmar – an agricultural machinery maker.
According to Yanmar, the collaboration with Moët & Chandon started in 2019 with an “autonomous machine concept” at a time when the wine industry was beginning to explore the potential of robotic vineyard assistance.
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