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AUTOMATION AND MACHINERY
Centimetre accurate GNSS now within every farm’s reach
High-precision GNSS has typically been too costly and complex for all but the most critical agricultural operations, but recent RTK GNSS innovations have made centimetre accuracy scalable to all applications in Ag-Tech.
fencing and herd management that can run for months on a sin- gle charge. Where centimetre ac- curacy does matter, autonomous machinery can rely on features like the Quectel LG290P's 20 HertzRTK updates to keep equip- ment running smoothly across large fields. For vineyard robotics, head- ing is sometimes more import- ant than position and here the LG580P (RTK + Heading) two re- ceivers in one module are ideal. Precision at scale Quectel’s comprehensive range of modules has been designed to support precision agriculture
sion GNSSin recent years. By mass-producing GNSS receivers that feature real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning and offering affordable global RTK correction services, vendors, such as Quec- tel, are making precision posi- tioning available to everyone. RTK GNSS brings centi- metre-level guidance to seeders, sprayers, and harvesters, cutting waste and lifting yields. Not every application needs that level of precision. Livestock tracking prioritises battery life over centi- metre accuracy, which is where ultra-low-power modules like the Quectel LC76G (<27 milliwatt- draw) feature, enabling virtual
RTK GNSS is rapidly moving from premium agricultural systems into mainstream Ag-Tech appli- cations.For most farms, centi- metre-level positioning accuracy enabled by global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technol- ogy was out of reach, making applications from automated crop planting to cattle tracking unavailable to all but the largest organisations. Now, thanks to innovative approaches to GNSS, the vast majority ofAg-Tech or- ganisations can access the bene- fits, regardless of scale. Vendor innovations have been a critical enabler of democra- tised access to high-preci-
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