Deployment
Ted at Cognac
Naio Technologies' Ted is an autonomous straddle robot for vineyards that mechanically weeds under and between vine rows, reducing herbicide use; it debuted in the US at CES 2022.
Ted by Naio Technologies · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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- Data documentation: /data
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Cognac house Jas Hennessy & Co. (Maison Hennessy) ran an R&D partnership with Naio testing the new Ted from July 2020 across its Charente-region vineyards, as one of the launch-partner testers alongside Bernard Magrez.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ted at Cognac.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-09
- Model
- Ted
- Company
- Naio Technologies
- Location
- Cognac
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2020-07-01
- ID
c9fb443c-384e-49c0-8dd6-4ca29e9d12f4
Sources (1)
- Updated robot roams French vineyards · https://www.internationalwinechallenge.com/iwc-insight/new-technology/updated-robot-roams-french-vineyards.html · 2020-10-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: agriculture
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ted at Cognac.Common questions
- What is the Ted deployment at Cognac?
- Ted, built by Naio Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at Cognac on the DEPLOY registry. Naio Technologies operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Ted at Cognac?
- 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 Cognac 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 Cognac?
- 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.
- Is Ted at Cognac safe?
- Ted at Cognac has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
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