The winemaker robot made ​​in France

 Who would have imagined that one day robotics could land in the vineyards
 French ? Yet this is the case since the Wall -ye company located in Mâcon
 developed the first robot able to prune the vines , surpassing in
 Furthermore similar projects of New Zealand and California .
This vineyard robot called WINE ( Intelligent Natural Viticulture ) is the result
 a collaboration between Christophe Millot , a computer installed Bourbon
 gundy , and the engineer Guy Julien . VIN is somehow a small 4 x 4 futuristic
 measuring 50 cm high and weighs 20 kg. Powered energy
 thanks to its solar photovoltaic panels, it is able to circulate
 independently in the rows of a vineyard using GPS and cartographic
 sophisticated graphic -based GISMAP software. Featuring a large me-
 memory and six cameras which allows it to detect an obstacle and remain
 aligned in a row, the VIN robot can identify and prune each vine
 which includes a vineyard.
 Extremely complex algorithms that allow the winemaker robot trimming of vines have repre-
 sented 90% of the difficulty of the project . To replace humans in repetitive work such as pruning
 vines and clarification of vines , VIN robot represents a promising solution to the chronic lack of
 staff to maintain the vineyards.
 Christophe Millot has received thirty pre-orders for his robot , available in 2013. Winemakers
 will have to pay 25,000 euros to acquire this small jewel of technology .