Source: James Gilboy, THE DRIVE, 6/2/20


Most of the buzz surrounding vehicular automation and autonomy is found in the circles of transportation, where technophiles tout driverless cars as a cure-all for everything from traffic jams to environmental pollution. But operator-free vehicles have almost endless potential uses and could force businesses to rethink every industry from manufacturing to agriculture, which itself becomes increasingly automated with each passing harvest. GPS-guided tractors can already plow fields with only a semi-attentive farmer at the wheel, though if British agricultural engineer Kit Franklin has his way, the farmer may one day not even need to be there. A lecturer at farming-focused Harper Adams University...

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