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Self-driving tractors sow the seeds for high-tech farming (CNET News)

2016-07-05
we actively grow corn and soybeans and race cattle we have found so many benefits for using the technology anything from being able to run a lot longer at night because we have Auto track Auto track is is essentially the ability for the machine to set a point here and it'll snap a line directly in front of you then it'll drive straight on that track for you every time AutoTrack vision gives that operator ability to follow that crop role allowing the sprayer drive down between the roads without damaging that that crop it uses a monocular camera that focuses on and sees the difference between your your row and the soil these displays help the producer run the machine actually do automated guidance through our auto track product allows section control to make sure you don't over apply where you've already been and so this iPad works together with whichever integrated display that you have and provides that visualization of what's actually being done we have application seed star mobile like we see here and then harvest mobile that you would use in a combine that would work with those respective field operations to visualize that information for the customer and give them confidence that the work that they're doing is going to yield the outcomes that they've really invested their money in they're the tractors and the combines are coming from the factory packed with all these sensors and controllers that help them not only do the job down to within an inch of accuracy but also record what's happening how much product am i pulling off the field so what am i harvesting how much of my harvesting where am i harvesting it where my seed placements are they are they within the spec of the plan that I have out there or am I missing the mark a little bit we know which is our most productive ground and our least productive ground so we can essentially mitigate the risk of going all the way across that farm
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