John Deere has recently unveiled plans to introduce autonomous farming vehicles as it looks forward…
One America News Network By Blake Wolf
John Deere has recently unveiled plans to introduce autonomous farming vehicles as it looks towards the future of farming technology.
Autonomous definition: “denoting or performed by a device capable of operating without direct human control,” according to Oxford Dictionary.
Jahmy Hindman, the company’s chief technology officer, announced the news at an event in Sin City.
“When we talk about autonomy, we mean full autonomy,” said Hindman, at a recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “No one’s in the machine.”
The company’s reveal follows after the initial introduction of the autonomous technology in 2022, which now features “advanced computer vision, AI, and cameras to help the machines navigate their environments,” according to a John Deere press release.
The company also cited the supply of skilled labor “not meeting the growing demand,” proposing the new AI technology as a potential solution.
“Our agriculture, construction, and commercial landscaping customers all have work that must get done at certain times of the day and year, yet there is not enough available and skilled labor to do the work,” Hindman stated.
“Autonomy can help address this challenge. That’s why we’re extending our technology stack to enable more machines to operate safely and autonomously in unique and complex environments. This will not only benefit our customers, but all of us who rely on them to provide the food, fuel, fiber, infrastructure, and landscaping care that we depend on every day,” he continued.
The company announcement continued, revealing that the newly introduced vehicles include: an Autonomous 9RX Tractor, Autonomous 5ML Orchard Tractor, 460 P-Tier Autonomous Articulated Dump Truck, and an Autonomous Battery Electric Mower.
The second generation tractors reportedly come equipped with 16 cameras all around the vehicle, to provide triple overlapping feeds which are then sent to the onboard Nvidia GPU…
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