The Horsch Robo autonomous robotic seeder
German company Horsch presented the Horsch Robo autonomous, self-propelled robotic seeder at the official opening of the company’s representative office in Velyka Soltanivka village, Kyiv region, held on June 24.
The self-propelled seeder is fitted with a 300 hp diesel engine. It’s worth noting that the first prototype is built on the base of a Claas Terra Trac tractor with rubber tracks (like on the semi-tracked Axion 900 tractors), without a steered front axle.
The goal of developing an autonomous agricultural seeder is to create a highly efficient, productive machine that needs no tractor to run and no constant operator presence.
Michael Horsch – owner of HORSCH Corporation
The machine is controlled via a special remote or an iPAD. The remote’s range is 2 km.
Alongside the seeder, 8 units of the brand’s machinery were demonstrated: surface-tillage machines Joker RT and Cruiser 6 XL, the Tiger 4 MT + FertiPro cultivator, the Focus 6.50 TD, Maestro 12 CV and Maestro 24 SX seeders, and the Leeb 4 AX and Leeb 6.280 VL sprayers.
A video of the machine’s field launch was streamed live by Traktorist.ua (opens in a new tab) on its official facebook (opens in a new tab) page.
