autonomous tractors

Delivery of the Fendt 716 equipped with the iQuus system. – Photos: Koos Groenewold

22-08-2024 | Article

Autonomous Fendt at work in onion and potato fields

;A virtual tractor operator at Sabanto manages 10 tractors simultaneously across the U.S. from behind a screen, covering more acres in a single day than most do in a year. Each sticky note represents a tractor in the field. – Photo: Sabanto

14-08-2024 | News

Job opening marks new era: Operators for autonomous tractors fleets

<span class=""> </span>Photo: Michel Velderman

12-07-2024 | News

RaboResearch: the conventional tractor is far from gone

Photo: New Holland

03-07-2024 | News

New Holland and Bluewhite announce strategic partnership

Claas-prototype of an autonomous Xerion 12.590 TerraTrac. - Photostill

03-01-2024 | Article

VIDEO | Autonomy ready tractors on display at Agritechnica 2023

NPPL participants find an autonomous tractor interesting for monotonous and long-lasting (groundwork) tasks and for situations where two operations occur directly after each other. However, there is an important distinction between autonomous and unmanned, and route planning appears to be crucial.

14-12-2023 | Article

Unmanned autonomous tractor ‘mainly interesting for soil preparation’

Dutch bulb grower Sjaak Huetink is interested in automation and autonomy, but he didn't immediately warm up to the idea of testing an autonomous tractor on his farm. - Photos: Koos Groenewold."

07-12-2023 | Article

Working with an unmanned autonomous tractor? Bulb grower is cautiously optimistic

Dutch arable farmer Gert Sterenborg in the north of the Netherlands has tested an unmanned autonomous Steyr tractor. - Photos: Theo Galama

20-11-2023 | Article

‘Machinery manufacturer must prepare for unmanned tractors’

The German machinery manufacturer surprised visitors at the Agritechnica by presenting a Xerion tractor that can drive autonomously. - Photos: Mark Pasveer.

16-11-2023 | News

Claas surprises with prototype autonomous Xerion tractor

From a technical perspective, the necessary components to make a tractor autonomous are available. - Photo: Koos Groenewold

30-10-2023 | Article

The autonomous tractor is a reality, but what about legal liability?