# Ted at Saint-Emilion: deployment

Canonical ID: `427552f1-f764-4bed-ac88-a7721ba1c175`

Bernard Magrez Grands Vignobles trialed the redesigned 2020 Ted at its Grand Cru Classe Chateau Fombrauge in Saint-Emilion from July 2020, ahead of Ted's September 2020 commercial launch. The estate positioned robotization as central to mechanical soil maintenance over the coming decades.

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

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** naio-ted-chateau-fombrauge
- **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:** 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Updated robot roams French vineyards** · https://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/iwc-insight/new-technology/updated-robot-roams-french-vineyards.html · 2020-10-01

## 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 July 1, 2020 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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