According to Erik Hostens, a project engineer, “Only experienced tractor operators have the skills needed to work a field with precision. The job of an operator is really quite complex: he observes the tractor’s current position, makes a judgment based on terrain conditions and the route to be followed, and, based on all this, decides the speed and orientation of the tractor.”
This unique robotic tractor will use a linear propulsion system that presses the tractor’s accelerator and steer, where a computer will work in tandem with different positional sensors such as a GPS system to keep in on track – whether it is on hard or wet terrain. In fact, it is preceise down to the centimeter, and it does make me wonder – with more and more devices getting smart, are we humans dumbing ourselves down on purpose?