Terre et Nature - Switzerland

The weekly magazine for green living in Switzerland | Artificial intelligence and robots are going to the field, but at a slow pace.

While we are still waiting for the first autonomous tractor to appear on the market, robotisation for treatments is becoming more widespread. We take a look at the latest developments at Agrama, which opens today in Berne.

Terre & Nature

The Swiss weekly magazine Terre & Nature reports on the adoption of robotics and autonomous vehicles in Switzerland. It uses AVO and ARA as an example.

Spot-spraying, a method now being explored by all the big names in agricultural mechanics, from Berthoud to John Deere, is coming to the fields, but with a tractor and driver. It's the ideal compromise," says Nicolas Pavillard, a member of the Le Grillon farming community, which farms 230 hectares in Orges (VD), and an agricultural entrepreneur who acquired an SCBA this spring. Its use corresponds more to my working habits than delegating everything to the machine: we continue to treat ourselves, and with an interesting work rate.

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