Farmbots Have Mechanical Green Thumbs

Is there any robot better than roomba.   You press go, it cleans the carpet!  Well, as it turns out, the unfortunately named: SUFFER’11 farming robot is better.  You press go, and it plows the field.

Developed by the University of Southern Denmark, the SUFFER’11 is a robot designed to tackle some of the common repetitive tasks common to farming.  Physically, this bot is nothing more than two treads, a CPU, and a center attachment for swapping farming implements.  Anything that attaches to the back of a tractor, can hook to this bot (plow, sprayer, harvester)  The SUFFER’11 is both remote controlled and has a camera module that is able to detect rows, and navigate accordingly.  

For an industry that is becoming increasingly mechanized, with GPS guided tractors , and automated irrigation systems, the autonomous farming robot seems like the appropriate logical progression.