Manufacturer: Guss Automation (US) Type(s): Guss Vehicle type: robot sprayer
Description/status: Guss stands for Global Unmanned Spray System. The first ideas for Guss date back to 2007, but it wasn’t until 2015 that the first prototypes could be devel- oped. After three years of testing, Guss went on sale in America for $ 285,000. Expansion to Australia is planned next and eventually worldwide. Current and future developments include an autonomous vineyard sprayer and an autonomous orchard tractor for mowing, discing, landplaning, and harvesting.
Manufacturer: Naïo Technologies (F) Type(s): Oz, Dino and Ted Kind of vehicle: hoeing robot
adopt autonomous vehicles (much) later than other continents, primarily due to legislation.
Description/status: Naïo Technologies was established in 2011 in the tech-region of Tou- louse. The first robot was Oz, a small (hoeing) robot. The company supplied the 100th Oz this year. The larger Dino hoeing robot has been on sale since 2016, and the Ted weed- ing robot for vineyards has also seen the light of day. Oz costs € 30,000 and is suitable for a wide variety of applications, such as plant breeding. Dino costs € 90,000, and importer Abemec claims it will become the mini-shovel for all crop farmers and horticulturalists.
Manufacturer: Yanmar (JP) Type(s): YT488A, 498A, 4104A and 5113A Kind of vehicle: robot tractor
Description/status: Yanmar has been working together with Hokkaido University for some time now on autonomous tractors that are also able to operate in swarms and released them for sale in its own country in October 2018. They are available with their own autopilot (Auto Tractor) and as an au- tonomous version (Robot Tractor). The ‘Robot’ versions cost between € 93,500 and € 119,500. These were followed in December 2018 by an autonomous rice planter.
is AUS $ 69,600 per year for three years. ▶ FUTURE FARMING | 1 november 2019 31
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