# Orio at Bradford, Ontario: deployment

Canonical ID: `8411500e-8d08-4ffb-9843-466a7d0310fa`

A three-year (2023 to 2025) University of Guelph study, led by Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald with the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, runs a Naio Orio at the Ontario Crops Research Centre in Bradford (Holland Marsh) and on a cooperating muck-soil vegetable farm, measuring operating cost, agronomic performance and grower adoption.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** naio-orio-ontario-crops-research-centre
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Orio](/models/naio-orio.md) (id: `2f38388a-06b1-4797-a3e3-961fd2f87e18`)
- **Company:** [Naio Technologies](/companies/naio-technologies.md) (id: `984e2c3a-a73f-49c5-85d2-dcc4e932b801`)
- **Location:** [Bradford, Ontario](/locations/bradford-ontario.md) (id: `ef8b443e-7957-4cb9-932d-032d06552b03`)
- **First seen:** 2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **These self-driving weed-cutting robots transform the future of farming** · https://news.uoguelph.ca/2024/08/these-self-driving-weed-cutting-robots-transform-the-future-of-farming-says-u-of-g-researcher/ · 2024-08-01

## Common questions

### What is the Orio deployment at Bradford, Ontario?

Orio, built by Naio Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at Bradford, Ontario on the DEPLOY registry. Naio Technologies operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Orio at Bradford, Ontario?

Naio Technologies, the manufacturer of Orio, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Orio deployment at Bradford, Ontario go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting June 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Orio deployment at Bradford, Ontario?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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