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VSN® transforms machine guidance through emerged crops. This patent-pending innovation utilizes a non-contact stereo vision camera to navigate crop rows, allowing the operator to focus on all other aspects of effective application control. Minimizing crop damage, covering more acres in a day and essentially providing an easier machine operation leads to a quick return on investment to maximize yield profitability.
Reduces operator fatigue
Enhanced steering control and simple operation results in minimal crop damage and more acres covered in each available day
Operates at high speeds, up to 20 mph
Operates in challenging terrains, with demonstrated success in areas exceeding 8° of slope
Maintains row guidance in crops from less than four inches to nearly full canopy
Quick, one-time calibration with up to five saved profiles for easy crop transitions
Proven in corn, soybeans, cotton and sorghum
Confidently Apply in Full Canopy Crop
VSN’s new advancements help operators confidently and accurately operate machinery in additional types and stages of crop. Paired with the VSN visual guidance camera, VSN Full Canopy utilizes non-contact radar sensors to guide the machine in full canopy crop. This proactive approach precisely steers the machine at speeds up to 20 mph. This first-to-market, non-contact, multi-sensor approach maintains sub-inch accuracy through varying crop conditions.
Allows the operator to cover 20% more acres due to increased speed, enables more efficient field planning, and ease of use
Reduces driver fatigue, allowing operators to increase the average length of their work day
Drastically reduces crop damage and misapplication in the field, which can cost growers yield and profit of up to 2%
Outperforms and is easier to use than expensive/complicated RTK networks
Features & Benefits
Enhanced machine control for sprayer efficacy
Reduces operator fatigue and crop damage
Uses state-of-the-art image sensor and processing technologies to deliver quick response rate and better control
Tracks machine paths accurately to the actual planting vs. theoretical
Allows machine ability to automatically adjust to planting inconsistencies or adjustments
Enables faster vehicle speed
Works in areas of limited GPS/GNSS coverage — next to tree lines, ditches, hills, etc.
Live video row overlays in CRX and ROS platforms
In-field calibration
ISO UT user interface, custom control widgets
Slingshot® telematics and OTA software update support
Helps to reduce complexity in headland turns allowing the operator to focus on other machine functions during the turn
Uses existing perimeters to effectively map out a machine's expected turns and automatically navigate the machine through the headlands in pre-emerge applications
Easy-to-read widget makes utilizing the intuitive tool easy and seamless
Auto Application Zones
Drive though interior boundaries while application pauses in non-planted area
Aides in section control shut-off
Reduces over application
More precise and granule application
Save chemical and time
Temporary Unlocks
Access temporary unlocks for all features on Viper 4+
Instantly request and begin unlock trial directly on the Viper 4+
Test unlocks prior to purchase for operation compatibility
Three Modes of Performance
GPS/GNSS Mode
Uses GNSS and guidance lines
Traditional steering/path planning
VSN Mode
Row guidance utilizing the image sensing of the VSN camera
Guides machine when camera quality is above user-defined threshold
VSN+ Mode
Fall back to GPS guidance (quality below user-defined threshold)
Ability to use GPS for line acquire and then transition to VSN Mode
Competitor Comparison
Raven VSN
Competitor A
System Compatibility
Viper® 4+ and RS1™ or SC1™
Gen 4 CommandCenter™
Crop Types
Corn, Soybeans, Cotton, Sorghum, Sunflower
Corn, Soybeans, Cotton
Height Range
4 inches (10 cm) to 100% Canopy
6 inches (15 cm) to 90% Canopy
(requires mechanical feelers)
Row Spacing
15 - 40 inches (38 cm - 1 m)
22 - 40 inches (56 cm - 1 m)
Weed Coverage
≤ 30%
No data
Number of Cameras
1
1
Number of Lens/Solutions
Stereo Vision
Monocular Camera
Wind Speed
Cross 15 mph (24 km/h)
No data
Vehicle Speed
20 mph (32 km/h)
18 mph (29 km/h)
Slope/Terrain
≤ 8°
≤ 2°
Row Type
Contour, Straight
Straight
Hours of Operation
30 min after sunrise;
30 min prior to sunset
30 min after sunrise; 30 min prior to sunset
Fallback Modes
✔
✔
Live Video on Monitor
✔
✔
ScreenCapture Image
✔
Full Canopy Mode
✔
✔
Non-contact solution
✔
What VSN users are saying
“I’ve been spraying for over 9 years and started this season a couple weeks ago using VSN on a RoGator C series. I’ve covered 5,000+ acres in the past 2 weeks and have seen a lot less crop damage when I use it. I really enjoy it — when I see a curve, I know VSN can take it, and I just let her rip. I can watch my nozzles without drifting because it stays in the rows no matter if they are straight or contour.”
Dave Doorman Operator
“When driving in tasseled corn, I’m usually worried about how much I’m potentially going to run down — but the VSN has taken the human error completely out of it. By taking away the steering aspect, [VSN Full Canopy] has given me the ability to watch the machine and watch what I’m doing, even coming into the end rows.”
Dave Nelson Operator
“It’s so much easier on the operator. At the end of the day, you’re not as fatigued, and you can pay more attention to your tips and obstacles in the field. It helps you keep your boom out of the dirt and your equipment off the crop.”
Jason Bolsen Nutrien Ag Solutions
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