Even though the only thing the robot can do right now is pull weeds, Aigen is adamant it isn’t building a weed-whacking robot. It claims to be on a mission to terraform the earth, and says it has a ...

Ex-Tesla engineer Rich Wurden and former Proofpoint product lead Kenny Lee founded a company called Aigen, based in Kirkland, Washington, to end the overuse of pesticides in agriculture. The firm is ...

Aigen's solar-powered Element gen2 robot navigates between rows of cotton at Bowles Farming Company in California's Central Valley. The farm-tough design features a wider, taller frame and enhanced ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Nov 9, 2023 at 8:16 ...

KIRKLAND, Wash. — A refrigerator-sized robot is on a mission to save the world. "We feel like we're really at the cutting edge of being able to pull this off," said Rich Wurden, cofounder of ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Nate Bek on Oct 13, 2023 at 7:44 am ...

The Aigen Element looks like a drafting table on rugged tires. It drives itself continuously at around two miles per hour over farmland, using an advanced computer vision system to identify crops and ...

Even though the only thing the robot can do right now is pull weeds, Aigen is adamant it isn't building a weed-whacking robot. It claims to be on a mission to terraform the earth, and says it has a ...