Industrial Equipment - N/A, N/A, AU
autonoTRAC Pty Ltd is a privately owned Australian company. autonoTRAC designs and manufactures integrated autonomous steering and control systems for off-the-shelf tractors, called PhantomDrive.PhantomDrive turns 'ordinary' tractors and other types of machinery into driverless machines that perform specific or a multitude of operations on a farm. For example, it integrates with implements for weed spot spraying.The machines are programmed to drive a specific path across the fields whilst autonomously conducting the intended job, eg. spraying and planting. The farmer remotely monitors the operation of the machine whilst the machine itself continuously assesses its status and health. If the machine encounters any issues it will alert the farmer and automatically stop operations.PhantomDrive provides many benefits such as reduced labour input, lower machinery and maintenance costs and more efficient operations. For example, weed spraying can be conducted at lower speeds and at optimum times such as during the night.All these factors lead to increased farm profitability.PhantomDrive is a huge step up from traditional auto-steering systems and provides a true farming automation solution.