Scan the field.
Pick every rock.
Never drive it blind again.
FarmDefender maps every rock in your field as you drive. Then FarmIQ takes over — navigate your crew directly to each rock, mark it picked, watch it disappear from the list. Scan to done. All in one loop.
Drive it once. Know where they are.
A stereo depth camera mounted on the front of a tractor, truck, or scout vehicle continuously measures the geometry of the field ahead. Objects that rise above the soil — rocks, debris — get logged with size, position, and a confidence score.
Every detection feeds straight into FarmIQ. From there you have the full picture:
- Navigate your rock picker directly to each rock — no hunting, no guessing
- Mark the immovable ones so they never get hit
- Track changes between passes — what got picked, what's new
- Plan field operations around known obstacles
Why depth cameras, not 2D vision
A flat RGB image can't tell a rock from a shadow, a dark patch of soil, or a clump of residue. Stereo depth measures actual 3D shape — anything tall enough to matter shows up, anything flat doesn't. Fewer false positives, fewer missed rocks.
It also runs in conditions where regular cameras fail: low light, harsh shadows, heavy crop residue.
The Rock Picker app
After a field scan, open FarmIQ on any phone or tablet. You get a live map of every detected rock — tap one, get turn-by-turn navigation straight to it. Pick the rock, hit Picked. It's gone from the list. Move to the next one. When the list is empty, the field is clear.
Navigate to each rock
The app shows every rock as a pin on a live map. Tap any pin and it routes you straight there — no hunting, no doubling back, no missed corners. Work down the list in whatever order makes sense.
Picked — and it's gone
One button removes a rock from the map. No paper list, no radio calls, no re-driving the field to verify. The record stays — you can see what was picked, by whom, and when.
Whole crew, same map
Every device on the crew sees the same live map updating in real time. When someone marks a rock picked, it disappears for everyone. Nobody works a rock that's already done.
The hardware: FD-84D depth unit
The FD-84D is the depth-camera unit behind rock detection — stereo vision, georeferencing, and onboard processing in a single mountable enclosure. It bolts on the front of a tractor, seeder, scout truck, or implement; PoE power means one cable to the cab, no specialized brackets.
- Stereo depth + RGB in a weather-resistant enclosure
- On-board AI inference — no cloud, works with zero cell signal
- PoE single-cable power and data
- Day and night operation (with field lights at night)
- RTK GPS via FarmLink
From scan to FarmIQ
Mount it anywhere
The FD-84D depth-camera unit bolts on the front of a tractor, seeder, scout truck, or implement. No specialized mounting required. Power over Ethernet (PoE) — one cable to the cab.
Live crew map in FarmIQ
Every rock gets a coordinate, a size estimate, and a timestamp — synced to FarmIQ instantly. The whole crew sees the same map on their phones, updating as picks are logged. Rocks you flag as immovable stay on the map permanently as obstacles.
Season over season
Rock maps persist in FarmIQ between seasons. Compare what came back after tillage, what you've cleared, what's still sitting. Your field knowledge compounds — not just for rock picking, but for routing seeders and planters around permanent obstacles.
Where this is in 2026
The depth-camera rock system and Rock Picker app are in active field deployment this season. We're dialing in size-threshold tuning and Rock Picker workflows alongside the first customers running it — nobody else has this end-to-end loop built.
Rocky operation? We want to hear from you. Early customers get hands-on tuning support directly from the engineering team.
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