Watch driverless tractor pulling grain cart at FPS

Farm Progress Daily PM newsletter. ^ | Aug 01, 2019 | Tom J Bechman

[Western Phil]

Smart Ag introduced the concept of an autonomous tractor pulling a grain cart at the 2018 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. However, due to weather conditions and a few glitches here and there, it didn’t do much actual demonstrating a year ago. A new and improved version is ready to roll, and spokespeople say they intend to have it operating so 2019 Farm Progress Show visitors can see its potential in Decatur, Ill., Aug. 27-29.

“We will be participating in the Ride ’n’ Drive display area at the show,” says Tim Norris, Eastern regional business director for Smart Ag. “We also plan to do an actual harvest demo with a Calmer Corn Heads demo machine.”

Smart Ag calls this driverless grain cart “AutoCart.” After unveiling the concept in August 2018, the company did beta testing on 12 farms across the Midwest last fall.

[Pollard]

say hi to google for me then

[SaveFerris]

[Yesterday I did a bit of shopping. I stopped at two grocery stores, Walmart, gas station and my pharmacy. I always bring my phone in case of emergency. Later that afternoon, I was using the phone and noticed a message asking how I liked my shopping trip at XYZ grocery store. I wondered how they could know that as it is a small grocery and I used cash.]

Hello, citizen. All that nonsense about tracking you is some sort of nut-job conspiracy. BTW, your car will run better on premium. Here are coupons for your grocery store for next week; we're sending them to your phone now. Tell Max those bananas are too ripe to sell.



(I've misplaced the pic of Obama eyes from posters)