Deployment
Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA
Thorvald is a modular, autonomous electric robot platform for agricultural applications, primarily UV-C light treatment to combat powdery mildew in tabletop strawberries and grapevines. The platform operates at night, delivering targeted UV-C light to disrupt fungal DNA replication without chemical residues, and is equipped with cameras for yield prediction and disease detection data services.
Thorvald by Saga Robotics · Unverified
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- REST API: /v1/robots/29d44242-f131-4079-b0da-4d5f9c103969
- Data documentation: /data
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Castoro Cellars deployed Thorvald UV-C robots across 600+ acres of certified organic vineyards. After three years of trials, the winery scaled up operations.
Key facts
- Acreage
- 600+ acres treated
Safety record
No incidents on record for Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-03
- Model
- Thorvald
- Company
- Saga Robotics
- Location
- Paso Robles, California, USA
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2023-01-01
- ID
29d44242-f131-4079-b0da-4d5f9c103969
Sources (1)
- Castoro Cellars bets big on UV-C robots to fight vineyard mildew · https://agfundernews.com/castoro-cellars-deploys-saga-robotics-uv-c-bots-across-600-organic-acres · 2023-01-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: agriculture
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA.Common questions
- What is the Thorvald deployment at Paso Robles, California, USA?
- Thorvald, built by Saga Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Paso Robles, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Saga Robotics operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA?
- Saga Robotics, the manufacturer of Thorvald, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Thorvald deployment at Paso Robles, California, USA go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Thorvald deployment at Paso Robles, California, USA?
- 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 Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA safe?
- Thorvald at Paso Robles, California, USA 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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