Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks?

[candersen10]

What this looks like now:

 

[Gale Hawkins]

What this looks like now:

Something like this could get very interesting as the prices of batteries are dropping and more and more people are getting accustomed to this type of equipment. I could see someone possibly buying something like this and then doing custom clean up work. I have a lot of steep embankments and stuff that I would pay to get done once or twice a year. Thanks for the link.

 

[candersen10]

yup, this can do super steep stuff with a remote or autonomously, then do wide areas and rows autonomously also. If you love to mow, it is not for you. If you want to spend your time doing something else, or to have your crew / employees do other work, it's spot on...

Past above, any operation where there is more than 600 hours of use a year, it's about a 30-50% roi (i.e. spend $1 on autonomy to get 1.30 to 1.50 back).

 

[candersen10]

Here's what this looks like now. Can plant, move logs, do tillage, etc. and let the robot keep the mowing work clean always:

 

[daugen]

nice to see it working. Not sure a mower of that size makes sense in a field like that vs 12 foot batwing
though clearly he is happy about multitasking while mowing. Seems analogous to using a Roomba to clean a 4000 sf house.

I think your timing is great, unfortunately due to the imminent loss of a lot of farm workers shortly.

 

[candersen10]

another video of one running

 

[candersen10]

What things look like now

 

[Gale Hawkins]

What things look like now

Autonomous everything is here or coming soon it seems.

 

[candersen10]

Weekend driving 3-4 vehicles at once:
1. Ford 1710 HC for cultivating - have to sit on it
2. Burro Cortador for mowing (autonomously)
3. Burro Sprayito for spot spraying (autonomously)
4. Drone to film

Autonomous mowing and spraying save a bunch of time for me

 

[tacticalturnip]

You've come a long way with that, it's neat seeing how far the Burro has come; still not something I could use, but I'm not a farmer, and this isn't aimed in my direction.

Still, very cool.