autonomy

Craig Rupp: I think the likes of tractor company is stuck in the Innovator’s Dilemma. I imagine there is a team working on the next bigger model. It’s in their DNA. There is nothing they can do to change that.” – Photo generated by AI DALL-E

19-11 | Expert opinion

‘Autonomy: The key to reducing horsepower — It’s not just smart, it’s the law’

Mississippi State University Assistant Professor Hussein Gharakhani, front, is a MAFES scientist whose research focuses on agricultural autonomy. Also pictured are Research Associate Jessica Wolfe and Assistant Professor Nuwan Wijewardane assessing a robot in a corn field as a UAV flies above at the university’s W.B. Andrews Agricultural Systems Research Farm. – Photo: Dominique Belcher

15-11 | News

MSU, John Deere partner for research to move agricultural autonomy forward

Source: World Robotics 2024

13-11 | News

Sales of service robots up 30% worldwide, agricultural robots +21%

The Deutz-Fahr TTV 5115 Smart Vineyard Tractor is an impressive sight at the Eima 2024 trade show in Bologna, Italy. This narrow tractor, in a striking matte black finish with Pneutrac tires. Photos: Bas van Hattum

13-11 | Photo report

PHOTO | Eima 2024: Deutz-Fahr TTV 5115 with autonomous kit

Vineatrac has a maximum speed of 5 km per hour and is capable of working on slopes up to 60%. – Photos: STEVmotion

08-11 | News

Autonomous Vineatrac tractor combines agility and innovation

The AgXeed 5.115T2 is Tractor of the Year in the new category dedicated to robot tractors. – Photo: Toty

07-11 | News

AgXeed 5.115T2 Tractor of the Year 2025 in the category robot tractors

Guss spraying a pistachios field. – Photos: Maxence Guillaumot

07-11 | Article

4 Years, 8,000 hectares: A farmer’s insights on the GUSS autonomous sprayer robot

Kubota is introducing a kit that enables tractors to drive autonomously, developed in collaboration with a French startup company. – Photos: Bob Karsten.

04-11 | News

Kubota is working on an autonomous driving kit

An unmanned Fendt 724 operates a disc harrow in a field for sugar beet cultivation in the USA.. Photo: Misset

31-10 | Expert opinion

‘Overlooked logistics: Navigating the future of autonomous farming’

Photo: Agreenculture

29-10 | Article

Part 2: What technology will lead the way: autonomous tractors or field robots?