Two-year test with Slopehelper vineyard robot in Slovenia
The Experimental Orchard of the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia will conduct a two-year test of the Slopehelper vineyard robot, developed by PeK Automotive.
Slopehelper is an agricultural autonomous electrical robot that covers the complete annual cycle of operations in vineyards and orchards. Slopehelper is intended to provide growers with a multifunctional robot for any activity in vineyards and orchards. This ranges from spraying and fertiliser application to trimming, mulching, HV cutting, deleafing and harvesting.
The tracked robot is 2,6 metres long, 1,6 metres wide and weighs 1,600 kilos. It can handle payloads up to 2,000 kilos and can pull 2,000 kilos. It can thus carry tanks, bins/containers (for harvested products), people (for inspection, sorting) and machines and implements.
Robot versus conventional labour
The Agricultural Institute of Slovenia joined forces with the PeK Automotive, which developed Slopehelper. Together they will conduct a two-year test at the Experimental Orchard of the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. The test will compare the results of work carried out in a conventional way with those of the Slopehelper robot.
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