Agriculture

The global forecast from Research and Markets finds that the increasing global demand for food and other agricultural commodities has resulted in the deployment of AVs at an increasing rate, the growth primarily driven by the rising demand for improved crop yield efficiency and productivity.

Recent technologies like ExactShot, See & Spray Ultimate, and 8R autonomous tractor are just elements of Deere’s ambitious vision for agriculture as it works toward a goal of full machine autonomy for tilling, planting, applying herbicides/nutrients, and harvesting by the end of the decade.

Targeted for production by 2025, the Kibb represents a product expansion for the Swedish maker of electric two-wheelers, with the semi-autonomous four-wheeler designed to handle light agricultural tasks autonomously with minimal impact to delicate ecosystems.

New Holland’s T8 series, the world’s most powerful conventional tractors, now possess Raven autonomy.

Constellation Brands is purchasing the first six units of Monarch Tractors’ Founder Series MK-V with Nvidia AI at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Livermore, CA, with contract manufacturing to come at Foxconn’s Lordstown, OH, facility in 2023.

The Innovation Awards in Robotics and Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility Categories are for the company’s tractor that integrates technology such as cameras, artificial intelligence, other sensors, and ultra-fast GPU processors to navigate through a field without an operator in the cab.

Former Lyft autonomy execs started the company by retrofitting any piece of construction equipment into a semi-autonomous robot for greater performance, efficiency, and insight as it builds incrementally towards full autonomy.

The U.S.-based leader in precision agriculture technology acquired in November will help CNH deliver smarter equipment to solve customer challenges and make their work easier via plug-and-play automation and autonomy and a full suite of digital services.

Apex.AI announced today that ag-machinery giant AGCO is adding new capabilities to its Fendt Xaver autonomous farming robot concept using the…

Raven Industries, Inc., a provider of driverless ag technology, demonstrated its OMNi suite of technology…