The official opening for Western Canada's Outdoor Farm Expo showcased Dot Technology Corp's Autonomous Power Platform.

Inventor Norbert Beaujot who is also President and founder of Seed Master has been working on the concept for the past three years.

He says the autonomous unit replaces the need for a tractor on the farm.

"The power platform is made to load all different types of implements," Beaujot said. "We've got four types of implements that we're displaying here today. The one right now is a harvest cart, the on before was a seeder and we've also got a sprayer and a roller."       

The unit can be controlled by remote control or through GPS programming for the field.

He notes he's hoping to work with other manufacturers to create dot ready implements.

Beaujot says they will continue to field test it this year and hope to have about 6 units available for next year.