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GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System)
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GUSS Automation · working robot

GUSS

Global Unmanned Spray System

A driverless sprayer that uses GPS, lidar and its own software to drive orchard and vineyard rows, monitored remotely. It comes in Orchard, Mini and Herbicide versions and is sold through John Deere dealers.

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Why it matters

Its supervised autonomous sprayers let one person oversee up to eight machines in orchards and vineyards.

Real-world use

More than 250 GUSS machines deployed, spraying 2.6 million acres over 500,000 autonomous hours, by August 2025.

Timeline

First shown
2018
Released
Not yet
GUSS Automation founded by Dave Crinklaw in 2018 (exact first public showing not found)

Maker

GUSS AutomationCompany · founded 2018 (by Dave Crinklaw) · Kingsburg, California, USA

Owned by John Deere

Public attention

How much public attention GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Fully autonomous. It drives orchard and vineyard rows and sprays with no one aboard, while one person monitors a group of machines from a nearby vehicle.
AI & software
Self-driving system with adjustable application rates and speeds; one person supervises up to eight sprayers from a laptop in a pickup; data links to John Deere Operations Center
Other details
Models include Orchard GUSS, Mini GUSS and Herbicide GUSS

From the maker

GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) is the only machine from GUSS Automation (John Deere) in the atlas.

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
250+ machines in use worldwide, 2.6 million acres sprayed over 500,000 autonomous hours (August 2025)
Sold or delivered
Sold and serviced only through John Deere dealers
Where it is sold or used
Kingsburg, California, USA
Customers and pilots
Growers including The Wonderful Company, J.G. Boswell, King Ranch, Stemilt, Olam, Monson Fruit and Nutrien Ag Solutions

News

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  1. John Deere buys GUSS Automation

    Deere took full ownership of GUSS after a 2022 joint venture, keeping its Kingsburg factory and selling through Deere dealers.

    Power Progress

Sources

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GUSS Automation GUSS Automation home page John Deere (via GUSS Automation) John Deere Acquires GUSS Automation gussag.com GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System): how it is operated Power Progress John Deere acquires GUSS Automation San Joaquin Valley Sun John Deere acquires Kingsburg's GUSS Automation

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