Company targets autonomous operations for every job required to grow a corn or soy crop, from tillage to harvest
As John Deere unveiled its 2025 model year product line in late February, it brought the company one year closer to a significant date: 2030. That is when the brand has promised to offer a complete fleet of autonomous equipment, able to handle a full farming season from seeding to harvest with self-driving machines. “The […] Read moreTag Archives autonomous ag — page 2
Funding accelerates autonomous systems
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network investment into Mojow’s Eyebox system “a big deal”
Canadians haven’t been lagging when it comes to developing autonomous technology for agriculture. Winnipeg-based JCA Technologies, which was acquired by Agco in May 2022, is just one example of a cutting-edge technology company born in this country. In 2019, the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) was created, with funding from the federal government, […] Read more
Sabanto offers bolt-on autonomy
System is offered for Kubota M5, Fendt 700 Series and now John Deere 5100E tractors with more to come
Even as some major original equipment manufacturers begin to dip their toes into the autonomous equipment segment, a number of start-ups offering add-on autonomous systems have already hit the ground running. Iowa-based Sabanto is one of the companies that is now offering a commercially available system. Related stories in this issue: Kubota debuts a concept […] Read more
Company helps streamline shift to autonomy
Bluewhite focuses on assisting customers’ move to autonomous operations with retrofit kit for utility tractors
Alon Ascher, chief business officer at Bluewhite, an autonomous systems company, believes adopting the newest technologies on a farm isn’t something that can easily happen in one single step. So, as his company works with growers to incorporate self-driving tractors, he thinks it helps to make it a gradual process. Related stories in this issue: […] Read more
Robots work around the clock
SwarmFarm’s new machines eliminate a key autonomous bottleneck by resupplying themselves all on their own
An Australian company that seeks to revolutionize farming by replacing large, human-operated equipment with smaller autonomous robots has created machines that can resupply themselves with chemicals without assistance. The new ability of SwarmFarm Robotics’ equipment to “dock and refill” eliminates a key bottleneck in the technology’s development, said chief executive officer Andrew Bate. The company’s […] Read more
System helps drive grain cart tractor remotely
3D printed hardware overlays a tractor’s armrest controls and allows remote operation with augers, baggers and extractors
The original RCFarmArm is wireless, yet it enables the operator to remotely control the r.p.m., hydraulics, p.t.o., and the key from outside the cab.
Omnipower future is not here yet
John Burns says the era of autonomous implements has not yet arrived. He compares them to electric vehicles, whose time has just come too soon. He said there’s little support for robotic vehicles in government regulations or within the industry for completely autonomous vehicles.
