slowrev
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tuolumne said:John Deere has done some work with automated GPS guided farm equipment. There was a very intriguing photograph in a 2005 calender I had of a sleek four wheel drive tractor with no operators station. I would love to know more about this project if anyone has any information. Technology like this troubles me a bit, but I can't help being curious. I saw a solar powered self operating lawn mower a few years back that would continously mow the lawn at random.
I can see it now, computer locks up on remote controlled tractor and it runs amok tearing down fences and a barn. Cows escape causing wreck on roadway, etc . JD says it is just a minor glitch We should have considered that the controller was not waterproof...
There are limits as to how far I trust technology, and I have worked in the bleeding edge of Tech for many years.