A John Deere tractor being built in Iowa. The most aggressive moves in fully autonomous farm equipment have come from a couple of small start-ups, not industry leaders like Deere.

DOT’s autonomous power unit, which picks up its implements such as a sprayer or a fertilizer spreader. In February 2021, Raven sold their first OMNiDRIVE system to a Nebraska farmer.

John Deere started making self-steering tractors in 1997. The new John Deere autonomous 8R tractor shown at CES goes well beyond that. It can be controlled through the farmer’s smart phone ...

An autonomous tractor runs without having anyone drive it. There are only 20 autonomous tractors in the United States. They’re all in the Midwest. Mosinee has the only one in the state of Wisconsin.

Deere’s Deanna Kovar says autonomous tractors will help farmers do their difficult, time-consuming jobs. “I like to think of this autonomous 8R tractor as one giant robot,” Kovar says.

It’s been three years since John Deere unveiled its first autonomous tractor. Commercial deliveries began in 2022 , and now Hindman says that many farms have put the company’s robot equipment ...

John Deere's autonomous 9RX tractor for large-scale agriculture uses "16 individual cameras arranged in pods to enable a 360-degree view of the field," according to the company.

Autonomous yard tractor developer Outrider has added autonomous backing capabilities to its system. Also: Drivewyze adds new weigh station bypass locations in Iowa; Women in Trucking seeks ...

The tractor is totally autonomous and doesn't produce of a whiff of greenhouse gases, since it's all electric. It's a nifty design study, and the company said there's good reason to really pursue ...

Ryder tractors equipped with Embark’s Level 2 autonomous system operated in an autonomous mode in on-highway segments during trips of about 650 miles, the company says. Drivers operated the rigs ...

Here at CES 2024, John Deere is showing that possibility is already reality. We got a chance to try out John Deere’s autonomous tractor tech by tilling a field 1,300 miles away in Austin, Texas.