Kubota eyes 2026 for Japan's first remote-monitored robo-tractors

Machines use Nvidia chips and GPS to navigate country's small farms

20230822N Kubota Robo tractor

The equipment will be capable of level 3 automatic operations, meaning they can be monitored from off-site locations. (Photo courtesy of Kubota)

NARUSHI NAKAI, Nikkei staff writer

OSAKA -- Japanese machinery maker Kubota is planning to commercialize the country's first unmanned tractors and other farming equipment capable of remote monitoring as early as 2026, Nikkei has learned.

The company is collaborating with U.S.-based Nvidia on graphics processing units for AI-equipped cameras. The machines will also have global positioning technology.

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