PHOTO: ravenind.com WATCH THE VIDEO 09 An innovation from Raven has brought autonomy to another part of crop harvest. Raven Cart Automation allows the grain cart driver, when within 70m (229 feet) of the harvester, to sync the heading and speed of the tractor pulling the grain cart with the heading and speed of the combine. This lets the combine operator have control of the unloading process. This is done through Driver Assist Technology, which aligns communication between the combine and grain cart for an “unload on the go” operation. “The combine can always stay the same speed and we’re changing the speed of the grain cart itself,” said Gary Esselink, customer engagement manager with Raven Industries. “When the system is complete, the operator (of) the grain cart takes over and (they) go and dump the grain at the end of the field.” And operators can sync up to six grain carts and combine systems in one operation. Benefits of this technology include: • Minimizing grain spillage • Increased field efficiency • Reductions in operator training time Raven Cart Automation represents Operator Assisted Autonomy, Raven’s third stage in its five stages to autonomy. “The mission or environment can control basic propulsion, guidance, and application, giving the operator the confidence and freedom to monitor mission success,” Raven’s website says. Other Raven products in this stage include VSN Visual Guidance and AutoBoom XRT. Level 1 is precision farming technology and Level 2 is coordination and optimization. Level 4 is Supervised Autonomy. Products in this class include OMNiDrive and Raven Automomy Driverless Tillage. And the last stage is full autonomy. Raven Industries is accepting pre-orders for a 2024 rollout of Raven Cart Automation. To learn more about Raven’s Cart Automation, watch this video. | pag AUTONOMOUS GRAIN CARTS ARE HERE Raven Cart Automation helps farmers have a smoother harvest DIEGO FLAMMINI FARMS.COM
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