Robocrop: Growing barley with robots and drones - BBC News

A team at Harper Adams University are trying to grow and then harvest a field of barley using only robots and drones. If they succeed it will be a world first and we're following their progress. Last time we watched as the team from Harper Adams started to prepare for this year long experiment. They were using a small robot, not much bigger than a toy car, to refine the steering system they wanted to use. But at that point they were still waiting on their tractor to be delivered and couldn't find a suitable combine harvester. Since then things have moved on pretty quickly with triumphs and also some sleepless nights.