Under USDA funding, we have three objectives that leverage the baseline project. The system will be installed at a Southern Gardens Citrus grove. Goals / Objectives Our baseline program (non-federal funds) will produce four safe-guarded, autonomous tractors for mowing and spraying, a mission planner for optimizing coverage routes, and a remote operator control station for configuring, monitoring, and controlling the operation. Our system provides the first look at the automated farm that delivers the dramatic productivity improvements necessary to sustain U.S. We target a 75% reduction in tractor-related labor costs, 25% improved equipment utilization, 50% reduction in scouting labor costs and 25% reduced chemical usage. Our integrated automation approach considers work force implementation issues, impact on existing processes, and how this system can be applied to smaller farms and a wide variety of specialty crops. To capitalize on this opportunity, precision agriculture scientists, horticulturalists, economists and extension experts from University of Florida and Cornell University bring the latest techniques for detecting and diagnosing plant stress, estimating yields, reducing chemical usage through precision spraying and fertilization, and evaluating and reporting the efficacy and costs of these techniques. The rapid installation of a mature test site at a specialty crop farm provides the opportunity to develop new precision agriculture and mechanical harvesting applications that leverage autonomous tractors enablers: 24/7 operations, precise localization, dual-use perception sensors, and on-board computing. We will tap over a decade's worth of autonomous vehicle research and field deployments funded by John Deere and the Department of Defense to deliver a working system, operated by grove personnel, that performs day-to-day operations. Non Technical Summary Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and John Deere propose a Science Delivery Project that leverages a networked fleet of autonomous tractors at Southern Gardens Citrus to host, operate, and evaluate next generation precision agriculture applications.