Perfect pairing: Tesla co-founder, Kubota to develop vineyard robots

Japanese company will design AI machines that check growth of wine grapes

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Kubota hopes initially to develop autonomous robots that work in vineyards. © Reuters

KEIKO MARUYAMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Kubota has enlisted Tesla co-founder and engineer Ian Wright to develop farming robots controlled by artificial intelligence, with the partnership working initially on machines that grow wine grapes.

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