University of Missouri gets Midwest’s first autonomous tractor
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Missourinet) -- A brand new all-electric, self-driving tractor has been unveiled at the University of Missouri. The Monarch MK-V tractor is the first of its kind in the Midwest. Jianfeng Zhou is a professor in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at MU. He said the tractor makes use of sensors and cameras to collect images and store that data. “So it has a driver option,” he said. “We can have someone sit in it and […]