NREC converted a John Deere tractor into an autonomous vehicle for spraying water in orchards.
NREC developed a vehicle retrofit kit that allowed the tractor to operate without a human driver. Its software accurately estimated the vehicle’s position and enabled it to autonomously follow previously-driven paths.
The autonomous tractor sprayed water while following a seven kilometer long path through an orange orchard without any human intervention.
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Journal Article, Autonomous Robots, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 87 - 103, July, 2002
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