In the fall, John Deere will start selling its fully autonomous 8R tractor, which can gather data about the soil to improve its algorithms as it operates
The automation, and control of the resulting data, raise questions about the role of human farmers. … SOURCE DATA — TECHNOLOGY
Wired Will Knight
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“It's a monumental shift. I think it's every bit as big as the transition from horse to tractor.” Deere & Co. unveiled its new 8R tractor that uses six pairs of stereo cameras and advanced artificial intelligence to perceive its environment and navigate. https://www.wired.com/...
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Colin James Bettles
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Great article by @sharatibken on autonomous farm machinery. @GrainProducers “....in farm country, where workers are in short supply and younger people are moving to cities, autonomy may be the only way to ensure enough food is grown to feed the world.” https://www.cnet.com/...
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Mike Schroepfer
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We are going to see autonomous technology appear in farms, on rail, in the water, in the air and in cargo before it becomes common for people in cars https://www.wired.com/... via @wired
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Deere's CTO: ""We've now figured out how to decouple the labor from the machine...Unlike in the days of the plow, the farmer is not even strictly necessary." 💀https://www.wired.com/ ...
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Lauren Goode
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Fascinating story abt John Deere's newest ag tech, via @willknight. Autonomous tractor will gather data about soil as it toils away, supposedly improve performance. But farmers could also be charged more & find their equipment nearly impossible to repair https://www.wired.com/...