A new vineyard worker is looking for a job in France. He has four wheels, two arms and six cameras, prunes 600 vines per day and never calls in sick.
The Wall-Ye V.I.N. robot, brainchild of Burgundy-based inventor Christophe Millot, is one of the robots being developed around the world aimed at vineyards struggling to find workers.
It takes on chores such as pruning and de-suckering - removing unproductive young shoots - while collecting valuable data on the health and vigour of the soil, fruit and vine stocks.
Sales demonstrations are about to begin and big name French vintners such as Bordeaux's First Growth Chateau Mouton-Rothschild have offered vineyards as a venue for the 20-kilogram robot to put on its show.
Wall-Ye draws on tracking technology, artificial intelligence and mapping to move from vine to vine, recognise plant features, capture and record data, memorise each vine, synchronise six cameras and guide its arms to wield tools.
White with red trim, 50 centimetres tall and 60cm wide, it also has an in-built security mechanism designed to thwart would-be robot snatchers.