They have just officially shown a fully autonomous tractor. You won’t believe what it can do! [WIDEO]

John Deere officially unveiled its first fully autonomous tractor at CES2022. It is a nice treat for farmers and, as they say, it works great. One of them has been testing it for several years!

Autonomous tractor with artificial intelligence – sounds like a revolution in the field of cultivation

The American company John Deere has unveiled its first fully autonomous tractor and it is by no means a concept. This tractor, which you will see in the video below, has been running on several farms for several years and is now available for purchase.

It has, among others TruSet-enabled chisel plow, GPS navigation system, six pairs of stereoscopic cameras that detect obstacles in the 360-degree range and many other advanced technologies.

The images from the cameras go to a neural network that classifies each pixel in approximately 100 milliseconds. This allows you to determine whether the tractor is still moving or stopping depending on the detected obstacle. The real revelation is that this machine, thanks to its neural network, can distinguish “weeds” from “crops” and removes selected plants!

Looks like a future farmer will “do more with less” with a new tractor

John Deere has acquired several technology companies in recent years, allowing it to develop a prototype of the autonomous tractor. Today it is a production version used for the first time by a farmer from Minnesota – Doug Nimza. He has had it on his farm for several years.

The new John Deere tractor is designed to help farmers “do more with less”. This is a useful solution at a time when the number of agricultural workers is declining and the need to feed the growing population is growing. This tractor does not need a worker.

“It takes a while to get comfortable because … first, you are just amazed at the very sight,” Nimz said in an interview z c|net.

The tractor completes the work on time and with a high level of quality every time. Inside the machine, John Deere has installed everything needed to manually control the tractor. Therefore, the farmer can control it manually, not only autonomously.

Farmers control their autonomous tractor using smartphones. They can see a map of where he is working in the field. In addition, they can start and stop it, and watch a recording of the progress of work in the field or of an obstacle encountered. There is only one condition – access to the Internet and some free cash to buy the machine.

Deere did not say how much the new autonomous tractor will cost. Today, the company’s most expensive machines can cost up to $ 800,000.

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