--- description: Find out why FarmWise Titan FT-35 is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: FarmWise Titan FT-35: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f926d1d7280bcb/698a144a22fb85da91e2ba31/best-inventions-of-2020-Titan-FT-35-9.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # The Future Of Farming FarmWise Titan FT-35 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy With its shunning of chemicals, organic farming can seem like a low-tech pursuit. But this weed-destroying robot, weighing in at about 3 tons, would like to have a word about that. The [FarmWise](https://farmwise.io/ "undefined") Titan FT-35 is a driverless tractor that uses machine learning and computer vision, rather than herbicides, to eradicate weeds from farmers’ fields. Traveling along a conventional tractor’s path, the machine identifies both the planted crop—broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower and, soon, tomatoes—and the weeds disturbing its growth. In an instant, it reaches for the weed within 1 cm of precision and pulls it. Ten FT-35s are currently deployed in California and Arizona, with more to come in 2021\. _—Jesse Will_ FarmWise Titan FT-35: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911421/titan-ft-35/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911421/titan-ft-35/"},"headline":"The Future Of Farming","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:54:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:11.423Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911421/titan-ft-35/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f926d1d7280bcb/698a144a22fb85da91e2ba31/best-inventions-of-2020-Titan-FT-35-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f926d1d7280bcb/698a144a22fb85da91e2ba31/best-inventions-of-2020-Titan-FT-35-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911421/titan-ft-35/","name":"The Future Of Farming"}}]}] ```