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13 stories matching “Autonomy”.
TYM’s May 2024 announcement described its T130 tractor passing a Korean performance test for automated turning and implement control, showing why autonomy labels need their underlying definitions.
Yanmar announced two tractor automation configurations in June 2018, combining RTK positioning and tablet control with a distinction between assisted operation and unmanned work supervised by an operator.
CNH Industrial completed its acquisition of Raven Industries in November 2021, bringing precision-agriculture capabilities in house and announcing plans for the first integrated products to become available during 2022.
VitiBot announced in July 2022 that SDF had acquired a majority stake, combining the French company’s electric Bakus vineyard robots with the manufacturing and commercial capabilities of an established agricultural-equipment group.
CLAAS, AgXeed and Amazone announced their 3A collaboration in September 2023, seeking closer coordination between tractors, autonomous carriers and implements to accelerate practical automation across manufacturers and agricultural operations.
AGCO and Trimble closed their PTx Trimble joint venture in April 2024, combining Trimble’s agricultural technology business with JCA Technologies to serve factory-installed and retrofit precision-farming applications across machinery brands.
ETH Zurich highlighted a July 2024 award for research on planning autonomous routes through orchards and vineyards, developed within the Lonomy programme and building on earlier agricultural robotics work.
UBC Okanagan researchers received a Husky A300 platform for real-world autonomy experiments, with agricultural work involving field mapping and targeted interventions alongside a separate wildfire-research programme.
At FIRA USA in California, an industry panel examined how standards enable practical autonomy, linking manufacturers, technology suppliers and the organisations that help define agricultural equipment interfaces.
An April 2027 launch is planned for new Agri Robo MR models designed to let operators monitor work without remaining at the field.
The US autonomy developer says multi-point turning expands the areas accessible to equipped machines while field operations feed its data pipeline.
The November engineering conference will examine autonomous machines, sensors, interoperability and powertrains alongside practical machinery design.
