THE FUTURE OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE ARC AUTONOMOUS TRACTOR CORPORATION Focus on Four Major Problems §  Required ﬁeld prepara-on §  Required crop plan-ng §  Required crop spraying §  Required crop harves-ng §  Real need to rethink ag §  Real need for innova-on §  Real need for autonomy The ﬁrst major problem Increasing Cost per Acre Reduce costs to maintain income $ Decreasing Income per Acre Shutdown 0 past now time future Challenge to Agriculture Reinvent Methods Reduce Labor Reinvent Ag Tools Reduce Costs Farmers are reinventing the tools ATC is reinventing the tools Today we can carry and electrically power the implements rather than just pull or push them Top Rear Mid Front Driverless Agricultural Tools Provide for the Drivers Awareness What he sees, hears, feels & smells Provide for the Drivers Skills Provide overall system safety Manage all the required tasks You need Artificial Intelligence VEHICLE DRIVER Artificial Intelligence System Awareness Sensors Sensor Controllers AI Function Memory AI Function Managers Task Commanders Actuator Controller Diesel Electric Power Units Electric VFD Wheel Motors Modular Tubular Frame Multiple Implements Intelligent Agricultural Tools APS APS Awareness & Position System Power Unit Rear Impl Wheel Motor Carried Implement Mid Impl Power Unit Wheel Motor Front Impl ATC Intelligent Agricultural Platform 200 to 400 HP Intelligent Agricultural Tools Modular Shedder §  Flexible modular design §  Easy interchangeability §  Electrically powered §  Electrically controlled Top View On Front Back §  Independent suspension §  Easily transportable §  A low cost modular solution Tiller – Fertilizer - Planter High Speed Grain Transfer Vehicle High Speed Snow Transfer Vehicle INTELLIGENT DIESEL ELECTRIC COMBINE MOBILE SPRAYSHIP SUPPORT AUTONOMOUS AERIAL SPRAY DRONE §  A robo-c aerial spray drone §  Enclosed 102” Dia. Drone §  Composite construc-on §  Mul-ple vectoring jets §  Small size-‐simple support §  Flexible applica-on paWerns The future of precision agriculture Not in tractors or implements Intelligent Agricultural Tools Tools that support methods Tools that are field trainable Tools that are multitasking Tools that are serviceable Tools that are affordable