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‘Machinery manufacturer must prepare for unmanned tractors’ – Future Farming

Dutch arable farmer Gert Sterenborg in the north of the Netherlands has tested an unmanned autonomous Steyr tractor. – Photos: Theo Galama

Dutch arable farmer Gert Sterenborg in the north of the Netherlands has tested an unmanned autonomous Steyr tractor equipped with the iQuus Autonomy system on his farm. “Unmanned autonomous tractors and robots are on their way. Machinery manufacturers must be prepared for this”, he says. Eight farmers are getting acquainted with the possibilities and limitations of unmanned autonomous tractors this autumn. De Bruijn Mechanisatie in Zundert, in collaboration with iQuus, Wageningen UR, and

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