Autonomous tractor and method to cultivate farmland using this tractor
AssigneeAgXeed Holding B.V.
InventorsJoris Jan HIDDEMA, Laurentius Hubertus Margaretha Schmitz
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AssigneeAgXeed Holding B.V.
InventorsJoris Jan HIDDEMA, Laurentius Hubertus Margaretha Schmitz
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An autonomous tractor for autonomously cultivating a piece of farmland according to a predetermined cultivation plan, the tractor having a control unit to control the cultivating of the farmland while imposing a standard safety mode defining one or more standard zones around the tractor, such that when a person enters the one or more standard zones, the tractor leaves the predetermined cultivation plan and switches to a safety plan, wherein the tractor has one or more blue zones that overlap with the one or more standard zones, which blue zones are controlled by the control unit such that when an operator for the tractor is present in one or more of the blue zones, the tractor will not leave the predetermined cultivation plan to switch to the safety plan, but maintains cultivating of the farmland according to the predetermined cultivation plan.
An autonomous tractor for autonomously cultivating a piece of farmland according to a predetermined cultivation plan, the tractor comprising a control unit to control the cultivating of the farmland while imposing a standard safety mode defining:
A method to cultivate a piece of farmland with an autonomous tractor according to a cultivation plan, the tractor when cultivating the farmland operates uses a standard safety mode defining one or more standard zones around the tractor, such that when a person enters the said one or more standard zones, the tractor leaves the cultivation plan and switches to a safety plan, and wherein the tractor has one or more blue zones that overlap with the one or more standard zones, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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