Bird Scaring Made Easy
Avvy is on patrol, you’re thinking about something else.
Avoid the headache
Birds are hungry and persistent. Every year millions of dollars of damage is done by birds and even more is spent trying to stop them. Birds quickly adapt to static deterrents, so a dynamic approach is key to protecting your crop.
Meet Avvy
Avvy is an autonomous vehicle that navigates your vineyard or orchard without a driver. Avvy is designed to carry tools for bird control, such as kites, loud speakers, and gas guns. Avvy is fully electric, designed to reduce carbon emissions and costs, all while offering exceptional bird management.
Dynamic
Easily change schedules, blocks, and patterns in real-time. Once a harvest begins, Avvy can be redeployed immediately via the App or Web Dashboard.
Convenient
Set and forget—Avvy can manage bird scaring for weeks with minimal intervention. If anything needs attention, you’ll receive an app notification.
Verifiable
Confirm Avvy’s deployment and compliance with bird scaring regulations using our accurate reporting and logs.
Accessories
Vine Scanner
Grapevine trunk disease can quietly reduce yield and quality over time. Avvy’s vine scanner helps you take control by providing an accurate census of healthy, dead, missing, and replanted vines. Run it after pruning to count the number of wrapped canes, helping you verify pruning quality and track vineyard uniformity.
Bird Banger
With a bird banger mounted, Avvy becomes a mobile bird-scaring machine. Easily configure where and how often it fires using the Autonabit App. Avvy follows strict operating rules to prevent after-hours firing—keeping birds at bay and neighbours happy.
Electric Mower
Avvy’s electric mower is designed for efficient mowing in orchards and vineyards. Mounted beneath, it preserves Avvy’s automatic docking capability, covering up to 2 hectares on a single charge. With a 700mm cutting width and the ability to make multiple passes, it ensures full coverage across varying row widths.
Automatic Charging
Have you wanted to call it a day, but the birds are still active until dusk? No problem. Avvy will finish the shift, return home, dock, charge, and be ready to go again tomorrow. Monitor everything remotely – or don’t. Avvy’s got it covered.
Easy Programming
Programming Avvy is simple with our intuitive App and Dashboard. Create tasks for specific blocks or areas, then combine them into rotations to cover larger zones. Set schedules to automatically start and end each day—all from your phone, anywhere in the world.
Capabilities
Avvy has been bird scaring in New Zealand since 2020, evolving to meet the demands of diverse environments, from the flat and stony vineyards of the Wairau Valley to the hilly, terraced orchards of Central Otago. Over this time, our fleet of Avvys has covered more than 70,000 km—nearly twice the circumference of the Earth – demonstrating its reliability and adaptability in a range of conditions.
| Battery Range | 100km |
| Speed | 8km/h |
| Payload | 100kg |
| Navigation | GPS + Camera |
| Communication | Cellular |
| Person and obstacle detection |
Deployment Procedure -2 Options
Survey
For a completely hands-off deployment, one of our team members can visit your site to survey blocks and thoroughfares. This option provides peace of mind, ensuring an accurate map right from day one.
Guided
Avvy is designed for quick and simple deployment—no extra equipment needed. Just use the app to activate Follow Mode, and Avvy will trail behind you using its onboard camera. Walk the boundaries and thoroughfares of your block to teach Avvy the layout. Once that’s done, guide Avvy into the block and it will autonomously map the rows. It’s that simple.
Updating the map
If you need to adjust the route between blocks, add a shortcut, or modify an exclusion or low-noise zone, simply use the Map Editing Wizard in the Autonabit Dashboard.
Let’s Chat
Contact Josh
Let’s organize a demo or discuss your requirements.
| Phone | 027 818 3680 |
| Josh@autonabit.nz |