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Heibjerg
Danish startup (Heibjerg ApS, incorporated September 2023) building an autonomous spot-weeding robot for gravel and stone-paved areas such as cemeteries, housing associations and parks. Vision-based weed detection targets individual weeds with boiling-water/steam spot treatment, cutting energy use by up to 65% versus blanket thermal methods and avoiding herbicides; navigation fuses multi-constellation RTK GNSS (exploring Galileo High Accuracy Service), IMU, wheel odometry and vision, with a self-refilling autonomous service station and a scheduling app. An ESA Space Solutions Kick-start project concluded in summer 2025 with prototype pilots at Sdr. Naeraa Cemetery and Civica Housing Association; commercial pilot launch is planned for 2026.
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Heibjerg APW robot
- Vision-identified individual weeds treated with boiling-water spot application, reducing energy consumption by up to 65%
Energy saving versus conventional whole-surface thermal weed treatment
Claim source - GNSS + vision navigation without perimeter wires, with autonomous service station for refill and recharge
RTK multi-constellation positioning fused with IMU, wheel encoders and onboard vision
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