Agriculture is often mistakenly considered a traditional sector. The bond with the earth, the perpetually alternating seasons and cultural reasons, suggest stereotypes that are not at all true The process to mechanise farming activities has, in fact, been ongoing since the first decades of the 20?? century. And at no time like now has this speeded up so significantly
Without a doubt, this is due to the geolocalisation and geofencing technologies flanking the operator to rationalise machine movements when handling extensive cultivations: preparing the ground, ploughing, sowing, treatments, harvest. We are not too far from that being managed completely with autonomous driving.
Cima 1915 fits into this scenario. Thanks to the Lateral wheel drive unit with SuperElastic and its ability to move on irregular, varied sloping ground, autonomous drive movement can be planned for high added value crops: fruit, olives and grapes.
Will we be seeing grape harvesting with no human action involved in the future? It will be easier for the vine master to be assisted by autonomous drive trolleys, reducing the time the bunch takes to go from the vine to pressing, to the benefit of quality production.
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