Clint meets with Mel Torrie on this episode to talk about everything from tractors to Elon Musk to AI and automation in the agricultural industry. Entrepreneurs are professional risk-takers and Mel is no stranger to taking risks to make his vision become reality. Mel discusses his work in outdoor autonomy and how prominent brands are starting to employ this new technology in their designs. With the largest center for autonomy being in Australia, Mel's business has become an optimized operation worldwide, branching into nations across the globe. Tune in to hear just how Mel was able to work with his leadership to make his company a leader in the industrial automation space. "It really replicates what we're doing down in mining, for example, in Australia where the truck drivers have now been trained. They commit never to lay anyone off and they retrained the drivers. Some of them now run our software from 800 miles away and run the mine and don't have to leave their families and fly into a camp in the middle of nowhere."
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