New development allows to solve a variety of agricultural tasks without reference to man. While the machine is operated by remote control, it is planned that the tractor will manage the program.

"It's the future. With the help of tractor-drone you can control the nutrient content of the soil, resource conservation, fertilizer. Straightforward move allows you to accurately sow and cultivate the soil without sifting, and voids. This will improve yields and profitability of agricultural production", — said the Dean of the faculty of agrotechnologies and land management Usau Mikhail Karpukhin.

For the successful application of unmanned tractors in the farms still need to conduct a full mapping of the fields to Refine computer software that will permit to handle the given territory and to monitor the quality of tractor work.

To establish production smart farming the developers plan for three years. It is expected that the tractor-drone will cost 3-5 times cheaper than imported analogues, the press service of the Governor of Sverdlovsk region.

Photo: Press service of the Governor of Sverdlovsk region