Fields of the future: Improving economies of scale with robotic tractors

Expanding from the original one-hectare plot to a 35-hectare autonomous farm is just one of the developments the Hands Free farm has achieved over the past six years

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Fields of the future: Improving economies of scale with robotic tractors

Expanding from the original one-hectare plot to a 35-hectare autonomous farm is just one of the developments the Hands Free farm has achieved over the past six years. Kit Franklin, engineering and principle...

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