Abstract: A system and method are provided for real-time deduction of material carryback in a loading container of a transport vehicle, wherein the material is loaded in the loading container by a work machine at a first site and dumped from the loading container by the transport vehicle at a second site. A first sensor (e.g., a camera associated with the work machine) provides first data corresponding to a volume of material loaded in the loading container in a first work state (e.g., loaded). A second sensor (e.g., a camera or a payload measuring unit associated with the transport vehicle) provides second data corresponding to a volume of material loaded in the loading container in a second work state (e.g., unloaded). A generated output signal corresponds to a calculated total volume of material associated with a work cycle, said total volume based on at least the provided first and second data.

Abstract: Implementations are disclosed for dynamically allocating aspects of platform-independent machine-learning based agricultural state machines among edge and cloud computing resources. In various implementations, a GUI may include a working canvas on which graphical elements corresponding to platform-independent logical routines are manipulable to define a platform-independent agricultural state machine. Some of the platform-independent logical routines may include logical operations that process agricultural data using phenotyping machine learning model(s). Edge computing resource(s) available to a user for which the agricultural state machine is to be implemented may be identified. Constraint(s) imposed by the user on implementation of the agricultural state machine may be ascertained.

Abstract: A virtual guidance apparatus assists movement of a loader for connection of a tool carrier with an implement. A vision sensor device generates implement image data representative of an image of an implement adjacent to the tractor. Based on the implement image data relative difference data is generated representative of a relative position between an implement attachment feature that is mutually coupleable with a corresponding carrier attachment feature for coupling the tool carrier with the implement. Based on the relative difference data, alignment guidance data is generated representative of an incremental movement for moving the loader relative to the implement. A visual movement instruction is displayed based on the implement image data and the alignment guidance data superimposed on a viewable image of the implement. The visual movement instruction provides instructions to the operator for moving the loader relative to the implement for coupling the tool carrier with the implement.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to generate a turn path for a vehicle are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes input interface circuitry to obtain a guidance path for a vehicle, turn identification circuitry to identify a turn in the guidance path, and turn pattern selection circuitry to select, from a plurality of predetermined turn patterns, a turn pattern for the turn, wherein the turn pattern satisfies a condition.

Abstract: A method for adjusting the position of a power lift of an agricultural utility vehicle includes storing one or more target positions in a control device, moving the control member rotationally relative to and translationally along a longitudinal axis, and adjusting the one or more target positions of the power lift within a position range defined by a lower limit position and an upper limit position by a variable movement of the control member.

Abstract: A control system for an autonomous work machine includes a robotic controller, a position detection system coupled to the robotic controller, and a sensor coupled to the robotic controller and configured to provide a sensor signal. A controlled system is coupled to the robotic controller to receive control signals from the robotic controller. The robotic controller is configured to generate an event relative to an object in an environment around the autonomous work machine or a machine health/job quality issue, document the event, and store the documented event. The robotic controller is further configured to selectively generate a communication containing at least some information relative to the documented event to a supervisor and to receive user input from the supervisor and take responsive action based on the user input.

Abstract: A method is provided for identifying an obstacle during a work operation of a tractor and attached implement combination. The method includes detecting an object during the work operation, and identifying the detected object as an obstacle in dependence on the predefined classification parameter for classification of the detected object or a predefined work parameter of the tractor or the implement.

Abstract: A system and method for diagnosing connection and communication in an industrial machine. The electronic processing system includes a CAN bus, an ethernet network, and a plurality of devices connected to the CAN bus and the ethernet network. The plurality of devices includes at least one controller programmed to run one or more software applications. A connectivity check is performed to obtain CAN connection status data and ethernet connection status data for the plurality of devices. The CAN connection status data and the ethernet connection status data is analyzed to determine a likely cause of a device connection issue. A solution to the device connection issue is output to a user based on the analyzed data.

Abstract: A user device, that is remote from a combine harvester, receives setting information, indicative of a set of settings on the combine harvester. A display controller controls a display device on the remote computing system to display an interface showing the combine harvester settings, along with an adjustment actuator. A settings adjustment input is received through the settings adjustment actuator on the displayed interface. A settings adjustment message is generated, and a communication system on the remote computing system is controlled to send the settings adjustment message to the combine. A verification notification is received at the remote computing system, showing the adjusted settings on the combine.

Abstract: An integrated vehicle and battery thermal management system for an electric work machine may include a battery module, a radiator, a fan to move air across the radiator, a battery coolant loop including a coolant pump, a refrigerant loop including a compressor, and a chiller providing heat transfer from the battery coolant loop to the refrigerant loop. A controller is operably connected to the coolant pump, the compressor and the fan and is configured to provide a passive cooling mode, a semi-passive cooling mode, and an active cooling mode, dependent upon monitored temperatures in the system.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a stator assembly within the housing, a rotor assembly within the housing, and a dam assembly including a first dam element. The first dam element is arranged on one end of the electric machine. The first dam element includes an air inlet. The air inlet is configured to receive a supply of pressurized air.

Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a header configured to gather harvested material into the harvesting machine during a harvesting operation, a conveyance subsystem configured to convey the harvested material from the harvesting machine to a receiving vehicle during the harvesting operation, an image capture system comprising at least one optical sensor, and a control system configured to determine a position of the receiving vehicle relative to the harvesting machine, determine an image magnification factor based on the determined position, and display, on a display device, an image of a portion of the receiving vehicle based on the image magnification factor.

Abstract: A baler implement includes an upper compression panel and a first side compression panel. A compression frame is disposed around the upper compression panel and the first side compression panel. A panel support structure includes a top portion positioned proximate the upper compression panel, and a first side portion attached to the top portion and positioned proximate the left side compression panel. An actuator interconnects the compression frame and the panel support structure. The actuator is operable to extend to move the panel support structure and the upper compression panel in a first vertical direction along a first compression axis. A first wedging system includes a wedge for converting movement of the first side portion in the first vertical direction along the first compression axis into movement of the first side compression panel in a first horizontal direction along a second compression axis.

Abstract: A harvester movable along a support surface. The harvester includes an inlet configured to receive crop, a blade configured to cut the crop into billet and extraneous plant matter, and a cleaning system configured to distinguish between billet and extraneous plant matter. Billet is directed toward a conveyor configured for discharging billet to a vehicle and extraneous plant matter is directed toward a hood. The hood includes a debris director defining an outlet configured to eject extraneous plant matter as residue onto the support surface. The outlet is disposed at an angle of residue ejection with respect to the support surface. The debris director is configured to adjust the angle of residue ejection with respect to the support surface.

Abstract: A control system for a harvester having a residue discharge system operable to eject crop residue according to an adjustable residue discharge parameter, the control system including a processor, a memory, a human-machine interface, and a sensor configured to detect at least one of wind speed, wind direction, or humidity. The control system is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, receive an operator input corresponding to a desired residue management strategy selected from at least a first residue management strategy and a second residue management strategy, and adjust the residue discharge parameter based on the desired residue management strategy and the detected at least one of wind speed, wind direction, or humidity.

Abstract: A suspension system for a work vehicle includes a shock absorber including a fluid, a coil positioned at least partially in the fluid, a sensor configured to detect a work status of the work vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine the work status of parked or operational based on the sensor, determine an electrical resistance of the coil in a shock absorber based on the work status, predict a temperature of a fluid in the shock absorber based on the electrical resistance of the coil, provide an electric current in the coil based on the predicted temperature of the fluid, determine the electrical resistance of the coil while the electric current is on, and terminate the electric current in the coil based on the work status and the predicted temperature.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for developing appropriate settings for a windrower implement or forage harvester implement, to obtain a desired crop conditioning profile for a target crop. Field crop conditions may vary due to soil conditions, moisture content, and the operator may wish to get crop uniformity when collected. As such, a profile can be developed that provides adjustment data to actuators to adjust machine setting, to provide for a conditioning systems to obtain a desired result. The adjustment data can be generated based on such as the moisture content of the target crop, the target moisture content, and the dry-down characteristics for the crop. The profile can help set the harvesting system to provide appropriate cut and crimp to result in a desired dry-down time to get uniformity in the collected crop.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing agricultural material includes a housing defining an inlet adjacent a first end of the housing and configured to receive the agricultural material, a first chamber coupled to the inlet, a first outlet coupled to the first chamber, a second chamber coupled to the first chamber, a funnel portion between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a second outlet adjacent a second end of the housing and coupled to the second chamber. The second chamber includes a metering conveyor. The apparatus includes a first sensor coupled to a first side of the housing. The first sensor may include a camera. At least one second sensor may be coupled to a second side of the housing. The at least one second sensor includes one or more of a moisture sensor, a near-infrared (NIR) sensor, a temperature sensor, a capacitive sensor, and a proximity sensor.

Abstract: A system for analyzing agricultural material includes a bypass housing configured to receive the agricultural material, a metering conveyor disposed in the bypass housing, at least one sensor configured to detect a fill level of the agricultural material within the bypass housing, and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to control a rate of operation of the metering conveyor based on the fill level detected by the at least one sensor.

Abstract: A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane including a main frame, a basecutter, and a coupler configured to couple the main frame to the basecutter, the coupler including a leg rotatably coupled to and extending from one of the main frame or a frame of the basecutter and a receiver fixedly coupled to the other of the main frame or the basecutter frame. A catch is located at the receiver, wherein the catch engages the leg to locate the main frame at a fixed distance with the basecutter. The catch includes a spring actuated plunger to engage a depression in the arm to fixedly couple the basecutter and the main frame. In one embodiment, the sugarcane harvester includes basecutter frames or split frames, each of which is rotatably connected to the mainframe with a coupler.