Autonomy Meets Agronomy

John Deere sows some autonomy ideas at CES 2019.

Iconic agricultural equipment giant John Deere is spearheading the expansion of digital controls in farm machinery and in so doing was the first off-highway equipment maker ever to display agriculture machinery at the 2019 CES consumer electronics conference.

Deere's autonomous tractor dominated the small vehicles in the outdoor autonomous-vehicle section, while a hulking combine harvester towered over drones and personal robots on the show floor.