MAKE IT AUTONOMOUS: The popular Kubota M5 can now be made driverless with the introduction of a retrofit kit from Sabanto. The first tasks available will be mowing and tillage. Courtesy of Sabanto Autonomy startup Sabanto brought its unique approach to agriculture by performing field operations for farmers as a as a service. That’s changing with the availability of a retrofit kit for the Kubota M5 tractor. Craig Rupp, founder and CEO of Sabanto, says the idea of bringing autonomous tractors to farmers to do fieldwork in those early days had a purpose. “The onus was on us to get it to work,” he notes. “With any farmer, if something doesn’t work, it’s going to get parked by the side of the field.” That launch approach allowed the company to work out the kinks of its driverless tractor system, validating its software and making sure it would run properly. The next step was to offer the upgrade to farmers as an addition to existing machines. Rupp says the company has always taken an agnostic approach to autonomy, working with a range of machines. However, the popular M5 tractor, a midsize ranging from 92.5 to 105.6 engine hp, is a […]
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