# Ted at Saint-Emilion: deployment

Canonical ID: `4f1d1fb2-224e-4b15-acd5-d08ac26e7603`

Chateau Angelus, a Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe converting to organic viticulture, signed an R&D contract with Naio to run the Ted straddle vineyard robot in real vineyard conditions from March 2019. Ted weighs about 900 kg, reducing soil compaction versus a conventional tractor. Framed as a trial, not full autonomous production use.

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

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** naio-ted-chateau-angelus
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Ted](/models/naio-ted.md) (id: `fa638cba-c4f8-4193-a077-c4615793f9dc`)
- **Company:** [Naio Technologies](/companies/naio-technologies.md) (id: `984e2c3a-a73f-49c5-85d2-dcc4e932b801`)
- **Location:** [Saint-Emilion](/locations/saint-emilion-france.md) (id: `a8fd0a53-3f51-468e-a534-137587a688e2`)
- **First seen:** 2019-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Ted robot weeds Chateau Angelus vineyards** · https://www.naio-technologies.com/en/news/ted-robot-weeds-chateau-angelus-vineyards/ · 2019-03-01

## Common questions

### What is the Ted deployment at Saint-Emilion?

Ted, built by Naio Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at Saint-Emilion on the DEPLOY registry. Naio Technologies operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Ted at Saint-Emilion?

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

### When did the Ted deployment at Saint-Emilion go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting March 1, 2019 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Ted deployment at Saint-Emilion?

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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