New Leader Teams With DOT Technology On Dry Spreader For Autonomous DOT Power Platform

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DOT Technology, creator of the DOT Power Platform, recently announced that New Leader is working on custom dry spreader implement for the platform that’s based on New Leader’s NL5000 G5 model. (Photo courtesy of DOT Technology.)

If you’re unfamiliar with DOT Technology’s mobile diesel-powered DOT Power Platform, dubbed the “workhorse of tomorrow,” it can load agriculture, mining, and construction implements on its U-shaped frame to execute autonomous or remote-controlled tasks. Already, a SeedMaster 30-foot drill, Connect PLU S120 Sprayer, C40 Coulter, and SeedMaster grain cart have been created for the platform. (SeedMaster is DOT Technology’s sister company.) Now, New Leader is designing a custom dry spreader for the platform based on its NL5000 G5 model and recently unveiled a CAD (computer aided design) drawing of its concept.

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This CAD rendering depicts the custom dry spreader that New Leader is creating for DOT Technology’s DOT Power Platform. The platform, which entails a U-shaped frame on which implements are integrated, can carry out autonomous and remote-controlled actions. (Image courtesy of DOT Technology.)

Farming’s Future?

DOT Technology says any job a tractor can complete, its platform will one day also perform. By integrating the weight of an implement on top of the power platform, DOT says, it provides a compact and efficient means of power transfer. This is unlike a tractor, which requires considerable horsepower to move the tractor and pull an implement. Over the long term, DOT Technology says more than 100 implements could be made “DOT Ready.”

In addition to autonomous operations, operators can control the platform via a Windows Surface Pro tablet, as well as stop the platform for safety purposes via E-Stops hardwired into its frame. Besides cutting greenhouse gas emissions, DOT Technology says the platform can save operations about 20% in fuel, labor, and equipment capital costs, “resulting in a re-imagination of how farming is and can be done.”

“Dot Ready” Is The Goal

Founded in 2017, DOT Technology says it’s encouraging all manufacturers to adapt their technology to become DOT Ready. Rob Rudolphi, New Leader director of global business, said New Leader is confident its collaboration with DOT Technology “will bring a real opportunity for growers to increase productivity and efficiency,” while Leah Olson-Friesen, DOT CEO, said such collaborations will “broaden DOT’s value to farmers significantly, enabling them to spend more of their time focusing on the overall operation of their farms.”

Source: DOT Technology