# Ted at Cognac: deployment

Canonical ID: `c9fb443c-384e-49c0-8dd6-4ca29e9d12f4`

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.

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

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** naio-ted-hennessy-cognac
- **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:** [Cognac](/locations/cognac-france.md) (id: `3d2d2cb0-4d5c-4b8c-b9d8-4782167cc7ad`)
- **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 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.


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