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Autonomous solar-powered ultra-high-precision spot-spraying robot introduced by Swiss firm Ecorobotix in 2020 — about a dozen units ran trials across Europe, feeding the plant-detection algorithms. Ecorobotix discontinued the autonomous platform after efficiency shortfalls and legal uncertainty around driverless machines in several countries, and rebuilt the spot-spray technology as the tractor-pulled ARA sprayer (launched 2021), which is what the company sells today.
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