Vineyard Robot Will Prune Like A Pro

A French engineer is offering wine-growers an efficient way to prune their vines without breaking their back — a robot designed to do it for them. While Wall-Ye the robot is still a work in progress, wine growers who've seen it are drinking to its potential.

Nov 1st, 2012

A French engineer is offering wine-growers an efficient way to prune their vines without breaking their back — a robot designed to do it for them. While Wall-Ye the robot is still a work in progress, wine growers who've seen it are drinking to its potential.

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