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11 stories matching “Autonomous tractors”.
ATB presented a working SunBot prototype for autonomous mowing in berry plantations, combining electric implements, satellite navigation and obstacle sensing while identifying robustness as a remaining development challenge.
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.
Mahindra demonstrated a driverless tractor in Chennai in September 2017, outlining automated row following, headland turns and implement lifting alongside geofencing and remote controls for field operations.
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.
Kubota used its 130th-anniversary exhibition to present an autonomous electric tractor concept, combining independent crawler drives with adjustable ground clearance and a vision of data-connected field operations.
At CES 2022, John Deere presented an autonomous tillage system combining an 8R tractor, a connected chisel plow, stereo cameras and mobile monitoring, with farmer availability planned later that year.
AgXeed’s November 2025 announcement introduced the diesel-electric AgBot T2 7 Series, pairing a tracked 230 hp platform with implement monitoring, route planning and autonomous operation inside defined field boundaries.
A Finnish project pilot connected machines from different suppliers through shared mission software, testing how farms, robot operators and AI providers could cooperate in the same agricultural workflow.
Promodis support gives INRAE’s experimental facility additional autonomous tractors for evaluating robotics in vegetable production and vineyards.
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.
