Publication date: May 2017 - No. 88

Format: downloadable pdf - 13 pages

When it first hit the market, the uptake of auto-steer systems was exponential, despite $100,000-plus price tags for high-end units. As with most technology, the 20-year-old tech is now worthless and most probably collecting dust in the corner of many machinery sheds on farms across the country.

Those pioneer auto-steer systems have been replaced with systems more sophisticated, capable and for a fraction of the cost. Technology moves at an incredible pace, particularly when improved efficiency or efficacy can be demonstrated. Autonomous systems are likely to follow in the footsteps of auto-steer according to Kondinin Group engineer, Ben White, who has seen autonomous tractors implemented on Australian farms successfully.

Contents:

• Addressing the concerns
• Autonomy pioneers
• What is LiDAR?
• Driverless expansion continues at Beefwood - case study
• Autonomous machinery: who is playing the game
• Autonomous tractor corporation (ATC)
• Kubota Farm Pilot Series
• Blue River
• Kinze
• Precision Makers
• Agco Fendt
• Bosch Deepfield Robotics
• Trimble - autonomous solutions
• John Deere
• Swarmfarm
• Others
• Future

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