Basically they couldn't cross John Deere's moat. Looking at their video[0], it seems clear the right place for this technology is mounted to existing tractors.

Basically they couldn't cross John Deere's moat. Looking at their video[0], it seems clear the right place for this technology is mounted to existing tractors. There are good reasons why farm machinery is designed like it is: durability, crossing rough and uneven terrain, repairability, economies of size, etc. All these sensors and monitoring systems are standard on a modern tractor or combine. For frequent close crop monitoring between drives, hyperspectral drones will probably win using a simpler software approach. The hardware looks great for inexpensive early learning (which was probably the goal), but uncompetitive as a real product. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxrRps7DnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxrRps7DnI