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DOT looks like something out of a science fiction movie, a sleek silvery robot rolling through a snowy field east of Regina on Thursday.

But, hooked to a bright yellow SeedMaster seeder, it’s the farm equipment of the near future.

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In 2014, when SeedMaster president Norbert Beaujot dreamed up the autonomous power platform, DOT Technology Corp. was born.

A lot of farming equipment is already autonomous, said Cory Beaujot, Norbert’s son and the marketing manager of SeedMaster.

“A lot of farmers’ time on tractors is occupied by Twitter and social media,” said Beaujot. The goal with DOT is to allow farmers to focus on other work, without being in a driver’s seat.

“A lot of farmers are business people, a lot of farmers are agronomists or maybe teachers or a variety of different kinds of dual roles that farmers have, and the autonomous piece can open up new realities for a lot of people,” said Beaujot.