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Element

Aigen is a US agricultural robotics company that builds the Element, a solar-powered autonomous weeding robot for row crops such as cotton, soy, and sugar beet.

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Manufacturer
Aigen
Form factor
agriculture
Lifecycle
active
Website
aigen.io ↗

Verified profile

  • 2

    Sources on record

  • 0

    Tracked changes

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Overview

Aigen is a US agricultural robotics company that builds the Element, a solar-powered autonomous weeding robot for row crops such as cotton, soy, and sugar beet. The second-generation Element uses a custom 205W solar panel and regenerative wheel motors to operate for over 14 hours per day, covering up to 20 acres per robot using onboard AI vision to identify and eliminate weeds with mechanical ground strikes without herbicides. RTK GPS derived from planter data guides the robot along rows, and the unit is priced at $50,000 with an additional $20,000 per fleet for software services.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
2 sources, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Element.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. Aigen - Autonomous Weeding Robots · https://www.aigen.io/
  2. Aigen launches solar-powered Element gen2 robot for weeding crops - Future Farming · https://www.futurefarming.com/tech-in-focus/field-robots/aigen-launches-solar-powered-element-gen2-robot-for-weeding-crops/

Common questions

What is Element?
Aigen is a US agricultural robotics company that builds the Element, a solar-powered autonomous weeding robot for row crops such as cotton, soy, and sugar beet. The second-generation Element uses a custom 205W solar panel and regenerative wheel motors to operate for over 14 hours per day, covering up to 20 acres per robot using onboard AI vision to identify and eliminate weeds with mechanical ground strikes without herbicides. RTK GPS derived from planter data guides the robot along rows, and the unit is priced at $50,000 with an additional $20,000 per fleet for software services.
Who makes Element?
Element is made by Aigen, based in Richland, Washington, USA, founded in 2020.
Where is Element deployed?
No verified deployments of Element are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Element safe?
Element 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.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

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