One machine that turned heads at this year’s EIMA was the Icaro X4 robot from Italian firm Free Green Nature (a Maschio Gaspardo company). Developed to protect vineyards from fungal attacks using UV-C light, the 3.0m-long hybrid vehicle is powered by a 15.4hp Kohler diesel engine matched with a 13kW electric motor. Weighing around 1.5 tonnes, the machine benefits from four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering.
Read the full EIMA report and more news in ‘The Vine Grower’ section in our monthly publication The Fruit Grower.