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Taylor Cross, left, and Ian Tempelmeyer walk behind the Flex-Ro robot as it starts planting a no-till row at the University of Nebraska-Rogers Memorial Farm. Cross is a graduate research assistant and Tempelmeyer is a graduate student. They both worked on the autonomous planting project.
The Flex-Ro tractor can be controlled remotely and operated autonomously. It was developed by biological systems engineers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
On a calm April morning Flex-Ro ambled through a corn plot at about 2 miles per hour. While researchers stood by to clear obstacles from its path, the autonomous planter moved and planted on its own.
Santosh Pitla
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Taylor Cross, left, and Ian Tempelmeyer walk behind the Flex-Ro robot as it starts planting a no-till row at the University of Nebraska-Rogers Memorial Farm. Cross is a graduate research assistant and Tempelmeyer is a graduate student. They both worked on the autonomous planting project.
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