2020 will see John Deere launch the new 8RX tractor in South Africa.

Tractor manufacturer Yanmar continues to convert normal tractors into robot tractors. There are already 50 converted autonomous tractors operational in Japan.

At the Agritechnica show, Steyr launched a hybrid powered concept tractor, that is to offer a glimpse into the future of farming.

Continental showed the Contadino implement carrier prototype at Agritechnica. The fully autonomous robot can be used for seeding, weeding, spraying, fertilising and monitoring.

John Deere and Volocopter introduced the first large drone adapted for agricultural use at Agritechnica.

By employing so-called deep-learning systems for crop recognition, machines that can combat weeds site-specifically with a minimum of labour and/or chemicals are getting ever closer.