If you are wondering whatever happened to the DOT autonomous farm platform – it’s alive and well and operating under the OMNiPOWER brand
A second OMNiPOWER platform (formerly DOT) has been put into operation by Haggerty AgRobotics, based in Canada, to lead the industry as one of the first farming operations to implement a real-world fleet of autonomous machines.
Haggerty AgRobotics is now capable of managing a fleet of OMNi platforms with machine-to-machine connectivity through the Viper 4+ field computer.
Raven Industries, a leader in autonomous agriculture technology has taken the lead in the autonomous farm platform market by selling its second OMNiPOWER platform to Haggerty AgRobotics.
Raven has now heavily committed to driverless ag and precision technology with the aim to establish its OMNi platforms as the way forward for all farm tasks that once required a tractor and implement. With an OMNi platform a tractor is now redundant.
Explaining the reasoning behind their second OMNi platform purchase, Chuck Baresich, President of Haggerty AgRobotics said, “Labor shortage concerns within our local growers have really elevated the need for more automation and robotics on the farm.”
Haggerty Creek Ltd is an established contractor delivering grain and crop input needs for growers in Ontario Canada and has been collaborating with Raven to solve industry challenges for over a decade.
In 2020, Haggerty Creek Ltd purchased its first OMNiPOWER and in 2021 also purchased OMNiDRIVE to help farmers with operational challenges they face.
The growing demand for driverless ag technology as an impactful solution for labour shortages pushed Baresich to launch Haggerty AgRobotics, a service focused entirely on autonomy, robotics and technology automation at the farm level.
Putting the second OMNiPOWER platform into operation will allow Haggerty AgRobotics to lead the industry as one of the first contractors to implement a real-world fleet of autonomous machines.
Haggerty AgRobotics is now capable of managing a fleet of OMNi platforms with machine-to-machine connectivity through the Viper 4+ field computer. The integration of Raven’s advanced precision farming technology within the OMNiPOWER platform allows for a seamless user experience and real-time shared coverage visibility.
“As one of the first adopters of this technology, we are very excited to bring Raven driverless ag solutions to the market in a big way,” said Baresich.
“The recent updates and advancements to Raven’s technology are impressive and we have experienced incredible performance in our 2021 spring program. We purchased our second OMNiPOWER platform to continue to be on the leading edge of commercializing autonomous machines as an organized fleet.”
“Raven has made significant investments in our OMNi suite of driverless ag solutions,” said Ben Voss, Raven Applied Technology Director of Sales for North America and Australia.
“It is exciting to see a progressive, ag-tech focused operation like Haggerty AgRobotics partner with us to showcase autonomy and precision applications in the agriculture market. OMNiPOWER and OMNiDRIVE position both of us as autonomy pioneers in the global agriculture industry.” Ben concluded.
Raven unveiled their OMNi brand of autonomous solutions as recently as May 2021 and is now actively fulfilling orders for both OMNiPOWER and OMNiDRIVE units worldwide.
OMNiPOWER is a self-propelled power platform that easily interchanges farm implements like a sprayer or spreader, and cuts out the need for a tractor. This autonomous platform empowers ag professionals to perform multiple farm tasks simultaneously without a driver.
Raven’s path to autonomy begins with precision farming products that reduce operator fatigue and graduates up to full driverless ag technology automation.
By investing in driverless ag technology, Raven continues to design solutions that reduce operating costs, decrease inputs, and improve yields for farmers and contractors around the world.
The OMNi brand of autonomous solutions, including both OMNiPOWER and OMNiDRIVE are available to order today at RavenPrecision.com.
