Work machine

A work machine comprising:

• a machine body;
• a boom attached to the machine body to be rotatable in an up-and-down direction;
• an arm attached to the boom to be rotatable in the up-and-down direction;
• a bucket attached to the arm to be rotatable in a front-and-rear direction;
• and
• a controller that causes the boom, the arm, and the bucket to automatically perform an operation of discharging a transport object held by the bucket by driving the boom, the arm, and the bucket, based on a target loading point set above a loading target,
• wherein after the controller causes the bucket to rotate such that an opening surface of the bucket becomes vertical at the target loading point, the controller drives the boom, the arm, and the bucket such that the opening surface of the bucket faces downward while maintaining a position, with respect to the machine body, of a leading end of the bucket in the front-and-rear direction.