The challenge: build a harvesting machine to cut down a wheat field and collect the crop.

This will involve mowing a one-acre wheat field near Cranfield University in Bedfordshire and collecting the crop using basic harvesters. These may be cars with blades underneath or a towed rotary devices. Whatever they are, they must be capable of collecting the mown material – the team that harvests the greatest weight or volume wins. Our wheat field could deliver 5 tons per acre – way to mow …

Click here for Robert's dramatic interpretation of a giant mower.

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