AG TECH SHOW ▶▶▶
This year’s Agritechnica exhibition not only confirms its place as a top global trade show. It also confirms how important digitisation and intelligent tractors and machinery as well as big data are. At the event, you’ll find over 70 new and updated digital and IT concepts.
Agritechnica: More digital, more intelligent
D BY RENÉ KOERHUIS
igitisation, automation and easier comprehensive data collection and processing are clear trends at the soon to begin Agritechnica exhibiti-
on in Hanover Germany (10-16 November). Exhibitors will show over 70 new and updated digital and IT concepts with 25% of all applica- tions for the innovation medals are related to innovations in this area (the majority of medal applications). This ‘only’ relates to those
manufacturers that applied for a medal. Of course there’s much more interesting news and innovations on precision agriculture. More precise planting, fertilisation, pest and weed control, harvesting, processing and sto- ring is definitely highlighted by many manufac- turers. Cameras and sensors help to plant each individual seed at the right depth, to apply the required amount of manure and fertiliser, to spot on eliminate pests and weeds and help to optimise harvest settings. Concepts for hybrid weed management with hoeing machines and
Bosch launches an open digital ecosystem for digital services directly on agricultural machine- ry called Nevonex. Development partners inclu- de Amazone, Lemken, Pessl Instruments, Rauch, Syngenta, Topcon, Xarvio and ZG Raiffeisen.
sprayers are picked up by various manufactu- rers and you will see more field robots then ever before. The same goes for (new) platforms for data collection, communication and proces- sing. We selected ‘just’ 17 innovations for this overview and recommend you check at least these out on the exhibition grounds.
Looking ahead of the header
John Deere is awarded a silver innovation medal for a system that looks ahead on the combine header in order to optimise harves- ting. With the help of forward-looking 3D stereo cameras, the com- bine detects crop height, tramlines/sprayer tracks, lying crop with lying direction, and maps everything quickly so that the combine is ready for what is to come.
Continental’s field robot
At Agritechnica, tyre manufacturer Continental not only shows smart tyres and smart V-belts, but also other solutions for ‘smart farming’ including its own modular small field robot. The company says that the robot is constructed from as many existing Continental components as possible, such as LiDAR, for navigation purposes. The development of the robots started a year ago and earlier this year, Continental showed robot dogs as delivery robots at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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PHOTO: CONTINENTAL
PHOTO: JOHN DEERE
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