From the BBC
"Researchers in Germany want to commercialise an award-winning prototype of a small, electric-powered agricultural vehicle that, like the common ant, is capable of carrying much more than its own body weight."
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"Nicknamed the Kulan, the futuristic four-wheeled vehicle weighs about 660lbs – a quarter the weight of a small pickup truck. Yet the svelte, ATV-like vehicle can carry up to a tonne of cargo, says Marcus Knobloch, network manager for Poly-lab.net, a consortium of 14 German research, design and production companies and two research organisations, and the Kulan’s developer."
Read the full article: http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140819-farm-tractor-of-the-future
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Phil that's a world service link. Mere licence fee payers aren't allowed to see it, a few billions in taxes from us isn't enough for the damned parasites.
An alternative version of the story (with no geocoding) :
Apologies fo for that...I didn't realise.
Thanks Gary:)
Looks very futuristic! Saw one the other week (also designed and built in Germany)that was a robot, just set it off and it harvests for you - good to know there are some key advances to make farming that bit easier for farmers, our main source of food!