Abstract:
The invention relates to a vehicle combination comprising a master vehicle, such as e.g. an agricultural tractor (3) with a control system for controlling one or more satellite vehicles (4). The satellite vehicle (4) is an unmanned vehicle. By means of a control system the satellite vehicle (4) can be controlled radiographically. By means of the control system, which comprises switch means, the instruction program for the satellite vehicle (4) can be started up.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a feed waggon for feeding silage and/or concentrate to animals, such as cows. According to the invention, an advantageous feed waggon (1) is characterized in that it comprises automatically operating loading (31, 32) and unloading (33) means. The invention also relates to a feed waggon (1) for supplying fodder to animals, such as cows, the feed waggon being automatically movable between one or more feed loading stations (5, 6, 7) and one or more feed unloading stations (3).
Abstract:
A method and a device are described for enabling navigation guidance of a manually driven vehicle in agricultural fields without the usage of artificial location sensors. For the cost-efficient realization of a predetermined path plan for field coverage with mobile agricultural machinery, or the real-time traversal from one location within the field to a second location within the field, recursive interactions between a human operator of a vehicle system and a supporting mobile computing device are exploited.
Abstract:
A system comprises a mobile machine including a first portion and a second portion, a positioning receiver coupled with the first portion of the mobile machine, a sensor for determining a position of the first portion of the mobile machine relative to the second portion of the mobile machine, and one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices are configured to use information from the positioning receiver to determine a geographic location of the positioning receiver, use information from the sensor to determine a position of the first portion of the mobile machine relative to the second portion of the mobile machine, and adjust a navigation point offset according to the position of the first portion of the mobile machine relative to the second portion of the mobile machine, the navigation point offset being a difference in location between the positioning receiver and a navigation point.
Abstract:
A method of controlling a plurality of robotic vehicles may involve the steps of: Determining a state of each of the plurality of robotic vehicles; assigning a robotic vehicle to an operator in response to a Binding command from the operator; allowing the operator to command the assigned robotic vehicle to perform a mission; and releasing the assigned robotic vehicle in response to an Unbinding command from the operator.
Abstract:
A robotic vehicle may include one or more functional components configured to execute a lawn care function, a sensor network comprising one or more sensors configured to detect conditions proximate to the robotic vehicle, an object detection module configured to 5 detect objects proximate to the robotic vehicle using contact-less detection, a positioning module configured to determine robotic vehicle position, and a mapping module configured to generate map data regarding a parcel on which the robotic vehicle operates.