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Manufacturer: Agco/Fendt (D) Type(s): 200 V/F Vario Kind of vehicle: robot tractor
Description/status: At Agritechnica 2019 and together with Braun Maschinenbau, Fendt will unveil a laser-guided auto-steer system for the Fendt 200 V/F Vario. The trac- tor houses a Braun intermediate axle frame with two-sided vertical lift and various im- plements. It is aimed at making it easier to drive equipment combinations. The system consists of a laser, a gyroscope, the control unit and a terminal. Active intervention by the driver is only needed at the headland.
Manufacturer: Greenbot (NL) Type(s): CR12 Kind of vehicle: robot tractor
Description/status: Conver demonstrated its Greenbot in 2014. At that time, it still fea- tured the orange Conver branding, but the Greenbot has since turned green, and is now a brand in its own right. Underneath, the ro- bot features the same technology as the con- version kits for CVT tractors. Four Greenbots have been sold in total, and contrary to earli- er reports, the diesel-powered Greenbot is on the market from € 125,000.
Manufacturer: John Deere (US) Type(s): unknown Kind of vehicle: robot tractor
Description/status: In late 2018, a video appeared online out of nowhere showing the autonomous electric GridCON, a tractor on an extension lead with a reel similar to drag hose slurry systems. Although not officially confirmed or released yet, John Deere will presumably display an autonomous, electri- cally driven articulated tractor equipped with tracks. According to photos from a dealer event, the electric tractor has over 680 hp. The photos also showed that the tractor has an articulated steering system with a disc harrow bolted directly to the tractor.
Manufacturer: New Holland (US) Type(s): T4.110F and T8 Kind of vehicle: robot tractor
Description/status: Just like its sister brand Case IH, New Holland presented its au- tonomous T8 NHDrive at the 2016 Farm Pro- gress Show. This was soon followed by an au- tonomous T4.110F, which is currently being tested in collaboration with Gallo, a large wine producer in California. The autonomous T8 is still being tested, but we do not know where. In a similar way to the new Case IH Magnum AFS Connect, it recently introduced the T8 Genesis PLM equipped with all the technology to enable it to work autonomously.
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Manufacturer: Kubota (JP) Type(s): L- and M7-serie Kind of vehicle: robot tractor
Description/status: Kubota demonstrated its first autonomous tractors in 2017, the re- sult of a collaboration with fellow Japanese company Topcon and Kansas State Universi- ty. Last year, the company sold 60 autono- mous L-series tractors in its home country of Japan, where the law already permits auton- omous (agricultural) machinery and vehicles. The technology is capable of rendering all vehicles autonomous, as has already been the case with a rice planter, and soon a rice harvester. Kubota thinks that Europe will
Manufacturer: SwarmFarm Robotics (AU) Type(s): SwarmBot 5 Kind of vehicle: robot sprayer/tractor
Description/status: SwarmFarm Robotics was established by a crop farmer, who began developing a robotic sprayer in 2012 in col- laboration with the Universities of Sydney and Queensland. Twelve of the fourth gener- ation robots, SwarmBot 4, were built, which have now ‘retired’ after being leased on a per-hectare basis. Four SwarmBot 5s’s have now been built, and another twenty will fol- low this year. They are all operating in Aus- tralia, often with WEED-IT camera technology for weed control. The operational lease price
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