AGCO

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart management system includes an array of sensors mounted proximate or on an end of the agricultural vehicle facing the cart and configured to: capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of the cart and an auger system of an unloading system of the cart; analyze the captured sensor data to determine at least one of a length of an auger of the auger system and an orientation of the auger system; based on the determined length of the auger of the auger system and the determined orientation of the auger of the auger system, determine an aligned position of the cart relative to a transport vehicle; and responsive to determining the aligned position, cause the cart to automatically align with the transport vehicle.

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart management system includes an array of sensors mounted proximate or on an end of the agricultural vehicle facing the cart and is configured to: capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of a drive assembly of the cart; analyze the captured sensor data to determine whether the drive assembly of the cart includes wheels or a track assembly; adjust one or more parameters of a local path planner of the cart management system; utilize the local path planner with the adjusted one or more parameters to determine an immediate path from a current position to at least a next waypoint of a planned agricultural process; and responsive to determining the immediate path, cause the cart to travel along the immediate path.

An agricultural vehicle having a cart operably coupled thereto. The agricultural vehicle includes a guidance system for controlling operation of the agricultural vehicle and the cart and including: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the guidance system, during an agricultural operation, to: capture identification data of a plurality of transport vehicles; analyze the captured identification data to identify a target transport vehicle from the plurality of transport vehicles; and responsive to identifying the target transport vehicle within the plurality of transport vehicles, cause the agricultural vehicle to automatically align with the target transport vehicle.

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart is operably coupled to an agricultural vehicle of the autonomous agricultural system. The cart management system comprising: an array of sensors mounted on the cart; at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the cart management system to: capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of the cart; analyze the captured sensor data to determine a position and an orientation of the cart relative to the agricultural vehicle; and based at least partially on the determined position and the determined orientation of the cart relative to the agricultural vehicle, adjust operation of the agricultural vehicle.

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart management system includes an array of sensors mounted on the cart and is configured to: capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of the cart and an auger system of an unloading system of the cart; analyze the captured sensor data to determine a state of the auger system and whether auger system is in a folded state or a unfolded state; responsive to determining that the determined state does not match the folded state or the unfolded state, adjust operation of the auger system, and responsive to determining that the determined state matches the folded state or the unfolded state, provide an indication that the auger system is in either the folded state or the unfolded state.

An agricultural vehicle having a cart operably coupled thereto. The agricultural vehicle including: a guidance system for controlling operation of the agricultural vehicle and the cart and configured to cause the guidance system to: capture image data of each transport vehicle of a plurality of transport vehicles via at least one sensor and compare a respective marker of each transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles with a preselected marker stored within a database consecutively until a match between a given respective marker of a transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles and the preselected marker is identified; identify the transport vehicle of the plurality of transport vehicles having the given respective marker that matches the preselected marker stored within the database as a target transport vehicle; and responsive to identifying the target transport vehicle, cause the agricultural vehicle to automatically align with the target transport vehicle.

An autonomous agricultural system includes: an agricultural vehicle; a cart operably coupled to the agricultural vehicle; and a guidance system configured to: capture, via an array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of a combine harvester; analyze the sensor data to detect a header of the combine harvester; determine an initial aligned position relative to the detected header of the combine harvester; responsive to determining the initial aligned position, cause the autonomous agricultural system to automatically align with the header of the combine harvester at the initial aligned position; subsequent to aligning with the header of the combine harvester, determine an operating aligned position relative to an unloading auger or a body of the combine harvester; and responsive to determining the operating aligned position, cause the autonomous agricultural system to automatically align with the unloading auger or the body of the combine harvester at the operating aligned position.

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart management system includes an array of sensors mounted on the cart and is configured to: capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of a drive assembly of the cart; analyze the captured sensor data to determine whether the drive assembly of the cart includes wheels or a track assembly; adjust one or more parameters of a local path planner of the cart management system; utilize the local path planner with the adjusted one or more parameters to determine an immediate path from a current position to at least a next waypoint of a planned agricultural process; and responsive to determining the immediate path, cause the cart to travel along the immediate path.

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart is operably coupled to an agricultural vehicle. The cart management system includes an array of sensors mounted proximate or on an end of the agricultural vehicle facing the cart and is configured to capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of at least one actuator of the cart; analyze the captured sensor data to identify the at least one actuator of the cart; identify a corresponding hydraulic valve of the agricultural vehicle that is configured to control the actuator of the cart; responsive to actuation of the corresponding hydraulic valve, capture additional sensor data of the at least one actuator of the cart; and analyze the captured additional sensor data to determine a response of the at least one actuator to actuation of the corresponding hydraulic valve.

A cart management system includes an array of sensors and is configured to: capture image data of the agricultural vehicle, the cart, and a transport vehicle; analyze the image data to identify and classify the agricultural vehicle, the cart, and the transport vehicle to generate labeled image data; capture depth data of the agricultural vehicle, the cart, and a transport vehicle; fuse the labeled image data with the depth data by correlating each point of the depth data with detected features of the labeled image data to form labeled fused data; receive GNSS data and IMU data; fuse the labeled fused data with the GNSS data and IMU data to generate enhanced fused data; based on the enhanced fused data, determine an aligned position of the cart relative to the transport vehicle; and cause the cart to automatically align with the transport vehicle.