The company plans to start shipping its first fully autonomous tractor later this year. Deere also recently unveiled a crop sprayer aided by machine learning. Thirty-six cameras mounted on a track can sweep up to 2,000 square feet per second to detect which plants are crops and which are weeds, targeting only the weeds for extermination.
Here’s a look at how Deere’s latest innovations actually work.
Remote farmers monitor tractors that drive themselves
Machine learning makes farming applications more exact
A spokesperson for Deere said the See & Spray Ultimate is initially being used for cotton and soybean production. Competition within the agricultural industry could be altered if some farmers have the technology to produce more yield while others do not. But with time, more production and cheaper technology, the machines could just be a glimpse into what the future of farming looks like.
