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November 6, 2020

Sweden: Autonomous forest machine ready for testing in Sweden

   In Sweden, researchers at Luleå University of Technology (LUT) have designed and built an autonomous forest machine that they say is now ready for in the woods field testing.  "We have replaced everything that humans do with intelligence on the machine; with computers working together and controlling it. We have created conditions for the machine to be better than humans, and will now test that," said Magnus Karlberg, Professor of Machine Design at Luleå University of Technology.  The 10-tonne cabless autonomous forest machine is ready for in the woods field testing (photo courtesy ...

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