A brand new combine harvester buzzes up and down a field in eastern China without a driver on board, chopping golden rice stalks and offering a glimpse of what authorities say is the automated future of the nation’s mammoth agricultural sector.

Unless you’ve been lucky enough to be stranded on a desert island for the past few years, you’re no doubt aware that the farming industry is on the cusp of a so-called ‘technological revolution’. The enabler of this revolution: Artificial Intelligence (AI).

It’s Possible if Farmers Can Rely on the Machines -At a family-owned farm, nursery and garden center in Le Thillay, France, 18-year-old Antoine Chatelain has taken the lead on bringing robotics into the mix.

Raven Industries debuted two new autonomous tillage and harvest solutions at CNH Industrial’s Tech Day event in Phoenix, Arizona: the Driverless Tillage Solution and the Driver Assist Harvest Solution.