Autonomous tractor-grain cart system in fields now
Story Date: 9/26/2018

 

Source: Tom J. Bechman, INDIANA PRAIRIE FARMER, 9/25/18


Remember the old TV commercials that featured a kid riding a bicycle, hands in the air? The kid would say, “Look, Mom — no hands!” If you happen to live near one of the dozen or so farmers trying out Smart Ag’s AutoCart software this fall, your son or daughter might be saying, “Look, Mom and Dad — no driver!” The software company recently introduced AutoCart, which allows a tractor to become part of an autonomous system. Without a driver, the tractor can pull a grain cart and perform the same tasks the tractor and grain cart could perform with a driver.

For more of this story, click here

























   Copyright © 2007 North Carolina Agribusiness Council, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
   All use of this Website is subject to our
Terms of Use Agreement and our Privacy Policy.