"Next-generation agricultural machines" such as tractors and combines with automatic driving functions are being developed. Agricultural machinery makers observe that the need for automatic driving is the only agricultural field where aging and lack of personnel are serious.
Combine harvested "Koi IBUKI" of the early stage rice paddy in the paddy field spreading to the outskirts of Niigata city on the 4th. The operator at the driver's seat raised both hands and did not operate at all, but the combine advanced straight ahead of the uneven paddy field, and was turning and backing. It is combine with automatic driving function which Kubota releases in December.
Combine learns the shape of the paddy field, and automatically reap the rest of the rice based on the GPS (Global Positioning System) when people raise the circumference of the paddy field. When the inside of the tank becomes full, I will send the trash to the loading platform of the truck and head for reaping again. By reducing unnecessary movement, working time can be reduced by 10%.
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