Kubota operator NTT will develop a self-driving farm machinery

The Japanese manufacturer of tractors and heavy equipment Kubota agreed to cooperate with the biggest national telecommunications operator Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) in the creation of cutting-edge agricultural technology — including Autonomous equipment to support losing positions Japanese agricultural sector in South-East Asia.



The official announcement of the partnership between the two Japanese companies should expect this week. The companies intend to create new it services for farmers, which will contribute to the implementation of self-driving farm equipment. The market launch is scheduled for 2018.

Kubota mastered technologies that allow using data on water content and other components in rice, performing automatic adjustment equipment for application of fertilizers. NTT will provide the GPS technology and using artificial intelligence to predict the weather and yield.





New services will use sensors located among the farmlands to measure the temperature and water level. These data, along with pictures of agricultural crops, made using the drones will be used to conduct a detailed analysis of the growth of crops.

The system will determine when to fertilize and harvest for each field, given the characteristics of climate and crop culture. Commands will be transmitted to the corresponding equipment via the Internet. In addition, customers will be able to use unmanned aerial vehicles to spray fields with agro-chemicals.

Kubota ranked fourth in the global agricultural machinery market with annual sales of about 1 trillion yen ($9,38 billion). The application of advanced technologies using data analysis will help strengthen the company's position in the markets of Europe and the United States. published

 

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