Family farming is the focus. Other contexts only advance when a well-defined problem, a test protocol, and a documented result exist.
The terms “current focus,” “planned validation,” and “complementary market” indicate an investigation stage—not commercial availability.
Context: Lower-scale properties face repetitive tasks, heat, uneven terrain, and limited access to suitable mechanization.
What will be investigated: 4×4 mobility, solar support, remote control, spraying, and vegetation management in real conditions.
Available evidence: Prototype TRL 5 under technical validation; no conclusive agronomic or economic result yet.
Context: Narrow corridors and frequent transportation and monitoring tasks require compact equipment.
What will be investigated: Evaluate lightweight transportation, route repeatability, and bed information logging.
Available evidence: Application not yet validated; requirements and test protocol need to be defined with users.
Context: Vines, trellises, and cultivation rows create height, width, reach, and drift constraints.
What will be investigated: Improve and measure localized spraying, inter-row mowing, and box transport.
Available evidence: There are initial implement tests; efficacy, safety, and impact on cultivation will be evaluated.
Context: The company already has experience in solar O&M; an initial pilot also tested the robot in this environment.
What will be investigated: Expand the vegetation management pilot under the modules to measure performance, safety, and durability across different plants.
Available evidence: The first pilot tested vegetation management under the modules. There is still no commercial offer nor widely validated performance for solar plants.
After the agricultural qualification, the architecture could be studied for other repetitive physical tasks. No new sector will be presented as satisfied before its own validation.