Abstract: An unmanned vehicle may include a vehicle body and a propulsion system carried by the vehicle body. The unmanned vehicle may also include a maneuvering system carried by the vehicle body and a vehicle control system carried by the vehicle body. The vehicle control system may control speed, orientation, or direction of travel of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may also include a mount point carried by the vehicle body. An interchangeable payload deck may be removably connected to a portion of the vehicle body via the at least one mount point. The unmanned vehicle may further include a power supply carried by the vehicle body.

Abstract: A system for preventing misuse of an object detection system of a work machine may include an output device and a controller communicatively coupled to the output device. The output device is configured to display a notification indicative of misuse of the object detection system. The controller includes a processing circuit comprising memory communicably coupled to one or more processors. The memory includes instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processing circuit to: detect a collision mitigation event of the work machine; classify the collision mitigation event as a misuse event; determine a misuse value associated with a work machine operation based on the misuse event; compare the misuse value with a misuse threshold; and, when the misuse value exceeds the misuse threshold, provide the notification indicative of misuse of the object detection system to the output device.

Abstract: A control system for a cold planer includes a speed sensor and a controller. The speed sensor is operatively coupled with a conveyor belt of the cold planer. The conveyor belt is configured to be driven by a motor. The controller is communicably coupled with the speed sensor and the motor. The controller configured to receive an indication of a speed of the motor and receive, from the speed sensor, an indication of a speed of the conveyor belt. The controller is further configured to determine, based on the received indication of the speed of the motor and the received indication of the speed of the conveyor belt, an amount of belt slippage of the conveyor belt. The controller is further configured to calculate, based on the amount of belt slippage of the conveyor belt, a mass flow rate of material on the conveyor belt.

Abstract: A system comprising one or more processing circuits to detect an operation of a cold planer, receive a plurality of information corresponding to the cold planer, identify a first status of the cold planer, identify a second status of the cold planer, combine a first set of information and a second set of information to create a fused set of information, and generate a mass flow rate of the material on the conveyor belt based on the fused set of information.

Abstract: A cold planer includes a conveyor system having a conveyor belt, a frame, and a roller rotatably coupled to the frame, a motor coupled to the conveyor belt and configured to drive the conveyor belt, a tension screw coupled between the roller and the frame, a tension sensor configured to measure the tension on the conveyor belt, and a controller communicably coupled with the tension sensor and the motor. The controller is configured to receive the tension from the tension sensor and calculate, based on the tension from the tension sensor, a mass flow rate of material on the conveyor belt.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle system is provided. The system may comprise a host vehicle and a guest vehicle, each of which may each include a vehicle body, a control system, a maneuvering system, and a sensor and communication system. The host vehicle may also include a securing system. The host vehicle and the guest vehicle may be in communication with one another, and the guest vehicle may be moveable between a stowed state, defined as the guest vehicle being at least partially carried by a portion of the host vehicle, and a deployed state, defined as the guest vehicle being spaced apart from the host vehicle. The securing system may be operable to move between a locked state and an unlocked state to selectively engage the guest vehicle to allow for the guest vehicle to be moved from the stowed state to the deployed state.

Abstract: A compactor machine may include a frame, a compaction member attached to the frame, and a controller attached to the frame. The controller may be configured to detect, while the compactor machine is traveling on a paving material mat to perform compacting, an event that is to cause the compactor machine to perform a stop. The controller may be configured to identify, based on detecting the event, a zone that the compactor machine is to use to perform the stop. The controller may be configured to cause the compactor machine to travel to the zone to perform the stop.

Abstract: A system and method include receiving sensor data from a of at least a portion of a work surface of a worksite including a first one or more material properties, a first timestamp, a first location, and the like, determining a multi-layer map based at least in part from this data and including new layer commands, meeting or exceeding data thresholds, new machine operations, machine learning models, and receiving additional sensor data containing a second same, similar, and/or different information, generating a new layer and/or overwriting the existing layer data, and providing a processed map to one or more machines, memory, additional devices, and the like. The method also includes saving prior layers and/or data of overwritten layers. The method further includes causing at least a part of the multi-layer material property map to be displayed.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle may include a vehicle body and a propulsion system carried by the vehicle body. The unmanned vehicle may also include a maneuvering system carried by the vehicle body and a vehicle control system carried by the vehicle body. The vehicle control system may control speed, orientation, or direction of travel of the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may also include a mount point carried by the vehicle body. An interchangeable payload deck may be removably connected to a portion of the vehicle body via the at least one mount point. The unmanned vehicle may further include a power supply carried by the vehicle body.

Abstract: Trailing edge assemblies, couplers and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method disclosed herein comprises guiding an aft portion of the trailing edge flap along an elongated track member as the trailing edge flap moves toward the deployed position; guiding a forward portion of the trailing edge flap along the elongated track member as the trailing edge flap moves toward the deployed position; and accommodating transverse movement of the forward portion of the trailing edge flap relative to the elongated track member.

Abstract: Trailing edge assemblies, couplers and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method disclosed herein comprises guiding an aft portion of the trailing edge flap along an elongated track member as the trailing edge flap moves toward the deployed position; guiding a forward portion of the trailing edge flap along the elongated track member as the trailing edge flap moves toward the deployed position; and accommodating transverse movement of the forward portion of the trailing edge flap relative to the elongated track member.

Abstract: A method includes establishing a data connection between a first controller, and a second controller of a mobile machine. The method also includes causing, by the first controller, a charging unit to direct electrical current to an energy storage device of the mobile machine. The method further includes receiving, by the first controller a plurality of electronic files stored in a memory of the mobile machine, and storing the files in a memory of the charging unit. The method also includes providing to the second controller, by the first controller, an indication that each file of the plurality of electronic files has been stored in the memory of the charging unit. In such methods, second controller is configured to delete each file of the plurality of electronic files from the memory of the mobile machine based on the indication.

Abstract: A system and method include receiving sensor data from a of at least a portion of a work surface of a worksite including a first one or more material properties, a first timestamp, a first location, and the like, determining a multi-layer map based at least in part from this data and including new layer commands, meeting or exceeding data thresholds, new machine operations, machine learning models, and receiving additional sensor data containing a second same, similar, and/or different information, generating a new layer and/or overwriting the existing layer data, and providing a processed map to one or more machines, memory, additional devices, and the like. The method also includes saving prior layers and/or data of overwritten layers. The method further includes causing at least a part of the multi-layer material property map to be displayed.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle including a vehicle body, propulsion system, maneuvering system, vehicle control system, rack, sensor, and a power supply. The vehicle control may be used to control the unmanned vehicle in combination with the propulsion and the maneuvering system. The rack may include a retractable mount that may move between a down position and an up position. The sensor system may include a plurality of transient object detection sensors. The plurality of transient object detection sensors may include a sensor adapted to detect an item of interest and may provide an item of interest signal to the vehicle control system. The vehicle control system may identify an item of interest classification and may provide a classification signal. The classification signal may be determined by the item of interest classification and may be utilized to avoid detection of the unmanned vehicle by the item of interest.

Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying adjacent trailing edge flaps that are part of different flap assemblies of different stiffnesses are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first flap of a first flap assembly having a first stiffness by a first deployment amount and deploying a second flap adjacent the first flap by a second deployment amount where the deployment amount of the first flap part of the flap assembly of lower stiffness is greater than the second deployment amount of the second flap part of the flap assembly of higher stiffness. The difference in deployment amounts may be adapted to improve continuity between the first flap and the second flap when the first and second flaps are deployed and subjected to an aerodynamic load.

Abstract: An unmanned vehicle including a vehicle body, propulsion system, maneuvering system, vehicle control system, rack, sensor, and a power supply. The vehicle control may be used to control the unmanned vehicle in combination with the propulsion and the maneuvering system. The rack may include a retractable mount that may move between a down position and an up position. The sensor system may include a plurality of transient object detection sensors. The plurality of transient object detection sensors may include a sensor adapted to detect an item of interest and may provide an item of interest signal to the vehicle control system. The vehicle control system may identify an item of interest classification and may provide a classification signal. The classification signal may be determined by the item of interest classification and may be utilized to avoid detection of the unmanned vehicle by the item of interest.

Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying adjacent trailing edge flaps that are part of different flap assemblies of different stiffnesses are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: deploying a first flap of a first flap assembly having a first stiffness by a first deployment amount and deploying a second flap adjacent the first flap by a second deployment amount where the deployment amount of the first flap part of the flap assembly of lower stiffness is greater than the second deployment amount of the second flap part of the flap assembly of higher stiffness. The difference in deployment amounts may be adapted to improve continuity between the first flap and the second flap when the first and second flaps are deployed and subjected to an aerodynamic load.

Abstract: An automated food preparation system includes a sauce-dispensing system with sauce reservoirs, a scanning head, and tubes. Each of the sauce reservoirs is configured to contain a respective sauce. The scanning head includes openings each coupled with a respective sauce reservoir via a respective tube. A conveyance system transports a foodstuff between first and sauce positions. The scanning head is movable to dispense a selected sauce onto one or more regions of the foodstuff. A motor assembly is mounted to a mounting structure. The motor assembly is drivingly coupled to the scanning head and rotates the scanning head relative to the mounting structure. The scanning head includes a plate and a cylindrical shroud fixed relative to the plate. The openings extend through the plate. The plate is disposed within a cavity defined by the cylindrical shroud. The motor assembly rotates the plate and the cylindrical shroud about a longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Trailing edge assemblies, couplers and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method disclosed herein comprises guiding an aft portion of the trailing edge flap along an elongated track member as the trailing edge flap moves toward the deployed position; guiding a forward portion of the trailing edge flap along the elongated track member as the trailing edge flap moves toward the deployed position; and accommodating transverse movement of the forward portion of the trailing edge flap relative to the elongated track member.

Abstract: Trailing edge assemblies, couplers and methods for deploying a trailing edge flap of an aircraft wing are disclosed. An exemplary method disclosed herein comprises guiding an aft portion of the trailing edge flap (28) along an elongated track member (36C) as the trailing edge flap (28) moves toward the deployed position; guiding a forward portion of the trailing edge flap (28) along the elongated track member (36C) as the trailing edge flap (28) moves toward the deployed position; and accommodating transverse movement of the forward portion of the trailing edge flap (28) relative to the elongated track member (36C).