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John Deere Acquires Autonomous Tractor Startup

August 13, 2021

MOLINE, IL—Deere & Co. is acquiring Bear Flag Robotics Inc., an autonomous tractor startup based in Newark, CA.

Unmanned Vehicles Thrive in Unpaved Environments

Demand for unpaved applications is driving unmanned vehicle development.

Nathan Eddy

May 20, 2021

Autonomous cars and trucks are still in development and years away from real-world deployment. However, many types of off-road vehicles are already emerging for daily use in agriculture, construction, mining, port logistics and other applications.

Toro Acquires Autonomous Mower Company

March 4, 2021

BLOOMINGTON, MN—The Toro Co. has acquired Left Hand Robotics Inc., a firm that has developed self-driving vehicles for turf and snow management.

New Volvo Facility to Test AV and EV Construction Equipment

March 4, 2021

ESKILSTUNA, Sweden—Volvo Construction Equipment is building a test and demonstration facility here to showcase autonomous, connected and electric vehicle technology.

Autonomous Vehicles go Beyond the Blacktop

Autonomous off-highway vehicles are a growing presence around the globe, from Norwegian mines to Brazilian sugar cane fields, and while limited access sites foster more controllable environments, rough and tumble usage raises a host of other challenges.

Nathan Eddy

September 14, 2020

While the trend of autonomous driving is also catching on in off-highway vehicles, the use cases are very different compared to on-road vehicles where the main purpose is to move from Point A to Point B on their own with help of onboard sensors and systems.

In this webinar, Promess Engineers John Lytle and Stephanie Price will walk you through several press fit strategies and why one may work better for an application over another, as well as the ways Promess was able to solve a few real-life application examples.

Join the Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser and special guests from across the industry to discuss reshoring trends, forecasts and opportunities and what they mean for manufacturers, factories, long-term strategies and bottom lines as we all gear up for 2022.  