AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
KEYWORDS
Autonomous Vehicles, farming
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Case IH and Autonomous Solutions Inc
WEBSITE
https://www.caseih.com/northamerica/en-us/Pages/campaigns/autonomous-concept-vehicle.aspx
Case IH Autonomous Concept Tractor
Self driving tractor concept for industry purposes
Carrying the admittedly non-badass name “Autonomous Concept Vehicle,” the self-driving farm vehicle — which was co-developed with driverless tech company Autonomous Solutions Inc. — recently made its debut at the aptly named Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.
The driverless tractors are programmable via tablet, and offer the possibility of autonomous seeding, planting and tillage — with all the obstacle detection, radar, cameras and other goodies you’d expect from any self-respecting autonomous vehicle. “It allows an operator to plan paths for fields, adjust paths for different implement widths, as well as manage multiple tractors running multiple operations in separate fields or in in tandem in the same field,” said Matt Nielsen, marketing director at Autonomous Solutions Inc.
So where can you get hold one for yourself? Sadly, it’s not quite that straightforward just yet. “These concept autonomous tractors are, for now, just that: concept,” Nielsen told