LEADER ▶▶▶ I Development fi eld robots gears up


t was mainly talented university students who began experimenting with field robots at the beginning of this century. For example, in 2002 the first annual field robot contest took place in Wageningen in the Netherlands. Students from universities in various countries competed with each other to win the award for best field robot. At the time, these were simple, small and often fragile vehicles, many of them looking like remote-controlled


toy carts. Farmers were therefore rather unconvinced: “Nice toys, but I really don’t see robots like this working on my farm.” We are now almost twenty years further and robotisation in agriculture has developed considerably. Field ro- bots are no longer toys for students, but rather serious business. They are also of great interest to the research depart- ments of major established tractor and implement manufacturers such as Agco, CNH, John Deere and Kubota. But how many field robots are actually operating on farms? Which country is most active in agricultural robotisation? And the most important question: which robots can a progressive farmer currently choose from? To be able to answer these ques- tions, Future Farming, together with the international agricultural robot fair organised by FIRA, scoured the world for com- mercially available robots. And, during this search, we were pleasantly surprised to find a range of over 35 field and harvest robots, which we have included in this special edition of Future Farming. This has resulted in a par- ticularly interesting overview. Hopefully, innovative crop growers who want to automate their opera- tions will not only be inspired by this catalogue but will also be able to make more informed choices. email: geert.hekkert@misset.com


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