Robotic Weeder Makes Its Debut
June 15, 2016 
A new robotic weeder has been developed by France-based Naïo Technologies. The robot, Dino, is designed for vegetable farms with 24 acres or more and is now available worldwide.
A new robotic weeder has been developed by France-based Naïo Technologies and is making its debut four years after the launch of the company’s autonomous weeding robot for small farmers, called Oz. The new robot, Dino, however, is designed for vegetable farms with 25 acres or more, and is now available worldwide.
Powered by electricity, Dino straddles vegetable beds to mechanically weed them without human intervention and is said to be lighter and more energy-efficient than a tractor. The unit doesn’t compact soil and is environmentally friendly.
Dina was first presented at the Tech & Bio Meeting on Crops and Machinery in Bignan, France, earlier this month.
In order to adapt to soil and crop type, the robot can be equipped with various tools in the same way as a tractor. These tools also are compatible with the Oz weeding robot and include inter-row plowshares, comb harrows, spring harrows, and specific plowshares for in-row weeding.
Additional components, such as Kress finger weeders, are currently being looked at to enable a variety of weeding techniques.
The machine operates at speeds up to 2.5 miles per hour and can run for eight hours before needed to be recharged.
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