AGCO and SDF join hands
Tractor and machinery manufacturer AGCO has signed a supply agreement with the European-based SDF Group, best known for its SAME, Deutz Fahr and Lamborghini tractor brands.
Deutz Fahr’s Tractor Assisted Guidance System (TAGS) was described as a step forward in both on-road and field automation and safety. The judges made the award based on the system bringing advanced driver assistance technologies into the agricultural world, fully tailored to its unique working conditions.
Unlike typical automotive ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), which are tailored to smooth roads, uniform traffic, and fixed infrastructure, TAGS has been developed for agricultural use, both on-road transport and field operation.
It goes beyond standard sensors and software, by navigating narrow rural paths, varying terrain, or mixed-use field environments.
Built around the concept of using the tractor as a sensor, the vehicle becomes a smart, connected hub that continuously gathers and shares data from the field. By integrating sensors, connectivity and intelligence directly into the machine, the tractor becomes a central node of the digital farming ecosystem, enabling more precise, efficient, and safer operations.
The system is based on agricultural-rated, digital high-resolution cameras with High Dynamic Range (HDR) capability, integrated into the tractor’s design. The cameras deliver fast, high-quality images and are water-repellent, shock-resistant, and built to withstand the demanding conditions of fieldwork.
Scalable, with the ability to support up to three mono cameras, the stereo camera units offer real-time 3D scene mapping, measuring actual depth, shape, and object movement, allowing the tractor to understand its surroundings. This is essential for safely and efficiently navigating challenging terrain, including uneven ground, unmarked paths, and crop-covered fields.
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Consisting of two levels, the standard level offers lane keep assist with visual and acoustic alerts, human detection, being able to warn about people in the tractor’s danger zones, Crossroad Assist offering the operator a view of 190 degrees of the front panorama. Additionally, an overtake indicator gives alerts of vehicles approaching from behind.
The Advanced Level delivers off-road lane assist, identifying navigable terrain, even without lane markings, 3D obstacle detection, to recognise static and dynamic objects, adaptive cruise control (ACC) to maintain safe distance on road and field and traffic sign recognition, using AI-based classification with automatic alerts.
TAGS is the result of the Deutz-Fahr R&D department, with the support of Stereolabs (France) - a specialist in real-time spatial AI, and Politecnico di Milano, a leading engineering university.
