A lot of this stuff takes the form of government grants and university collaborations. Check out CMU's National Robotics Engineering Center. If I remember right

A lot of this stuff takes the form of government grants and university collaborations. Check out CMU's National Robotics Engineering Center. If I remember right, they were at one time partnering with John Deere to build autonomous tractors. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/research_project_detail.html?project_id=760&menu_id=261 http://www.ri.cmu.edu/research_project_detail.html?project_i... Good luck with your funding. I can certainly commiserate.