# John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray

Manufacturer: [John Deere](/companies/john-deere)  
Category: agriculture

## Summary

John Deere's autonomy spans the Autonomous 8R tractor (tillage, shown at CES 2022), a second generation shown at CES 2025 (Autonomous 9RX, the 5ML orchard tractor, a 460 P-Tier dump truck pilot, and a battery-electric mower), and the See & Spray targeted-herbicide system (from the Blue River acquisition), which Deere reports customers used across about five million acres in 2025. These are enterprise agricultural products sold to farms, not consumer goods, so there is no consumer price. The 8R autonomy is tillage-focused, not full-task farm autonomy, and the 9RX and 5ML are early rollout, not at-scale shipping.

## Top line

> John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (internal-only): Internal use only (not for retail).
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray.
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray.
- **Real-world use** (commercial): Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray._

## Specs

- **notes**: [{"label":"Verified (commercial)","value":"See & Spray (Select/Ultimate; vision-targeted herbicide, Blue River Technology lineage acquired 2017 for $305M) is Deere's most mature ag-robotics product: ~5 million acres covered in 2025 (~50% average herbicide reduction). The Autonomous 8R (revealed CES 2022) operates commercially for TILLAGE only. Bear Flag Robotics (autonomy retrofit) acquired Aug 2021 for $250M underpins the perception stack."},{"label":"Early/limited commercial","value":"The CES 2025 second-gen machines (Autonomous 9RX large tractor, 5ML orchard tractor) moved toward orderable/retrofit status but Deere published no firm ship dates; treat as early/limited rollout. The 460 P-Tier autonomous dump truck is in PILOT/trials; the battery-electric mower is newly launching/pre-commercial."},{"label":"Verified-vs-claimed","value":"Deere's stated goal is a fully autonomous corn/soybean production SYSTEM by 2030 (a demonstration/availability target, not fleet-scale deployment). The often-cited '1-2 million autonomous machines' figure could NOT be verified and appears to conflate a separate ~1.5M connected-machines-by-2026 connectivity goal; NOT asserted here. Headlines calling the 8R a general 'fully autonomous tractor' overstate scope (tillage only)."}]
- **products**: Autonomous 8R (tillage, since CES 2022) + CES-2025 second-gen autonomy: Autonomous 9RX, 5ML orchard tractor, 460 P-Tier dump truck (pilot), battery-electric mower; plus See & Spray targeted herbicide system (Blue River lineage)
- **formFactor**: agriculture (large-tractor autonomy + targeted-spray robotics)

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray actually available for purchase?

Not available to consumers. In internal use by John Deere.

_Source: [John Deere reveals new autonomous machines at CES 2025 (9RX, 5ML orchard, dump truck, mower)](https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/)._

### What does the John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray cost?

Not announced.

### Where is the John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray.

### Who makes the John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray?

John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray is made by John Deere, based in Moline, Illinois, USA.

_Source: [John Deere reveals new autonomous machines at CES 2025 (9RX, 5ML orchard, dump truck, mower)](https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/)._

## Manufacturer

- [John Deere (https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/)](https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/)

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- [Walker S2](/consumer/models/ubtech-walker-s2)
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## Sources

1. [John Deere reveals new autonomous machines at CES 2025 (9RX, 5ML orchard, dump truck, mower)](https://www.deere.com/en/news/all-news/autonomous-9RX/)
2. [Deere large-vehicle autonomy: commercial-vs-pilot detail on the CES 2025 machines](https://www.therobotreport.com/john-deere-harvests-the-seeds-of-large-vehicle-autonomy/)
3. [Deere See & Spray across ~5 million acres in 2025 (~50% herbicide reduction)](https://www.globalagtechinitiative.com/in-field-technologies/robotics-automation/john-deere-customers-use-see-spray-technology-across-five-million-acres-in-2025/)
4. [Deere acquires Bear Flag Robotics for $250M (Aug 2021; autonomy retrofit)](https://www.therobotreport.com/john-deere-acquiring-bear-flag-robotics-250m/)
5. [Deere acquires Blue River Technology for $305M (2017; See & Spray lineage)](https://agfundernews.com/breaking-exclusive-john-deere-acquires-see-spray-robotics-startup-blue-river-technology-305m)
6. [Deere targets a fully autonomous corn/soybean production system by 2030](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/01/how-deere-is-preparing-for-a-fully-autonomous-farm-by-2030.html)

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