A control assembly for a lawn mower includes a shaft configured to rotate about a first axis and a pivot bar coupled to and configured to rotate with and pivot relative to the shaft. The pivot bar is configured to rotate with the shaft between a forward position, a neutral position, and a rear position about the first axis and pivot relative to the shaft between an operative position and a stopped position about a second axis. The control assembly includes a magnet coupled to an end of the shaft, a position sensor positioned to interact with a magnetic field of the magnet to detect rotation of the pivot bar about the first axis, and a return-to-neutral assembly configured to bias the pivot bar toward the neutral position about the first axis.

A system includes an agricultural vehicle, a rear-mounted mower coupled to the agricultural vehicle by a rear hitch, a front-mounted mower pivotably coupled to a front hitch of the vehicle by a pivot member and at least one pivot-adjustment mechanism, and a control system configured to control the front-mounted mower. The control system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain a steering angle signal from a sensor, assign a value to the signal, determine if the value exceeds a first threshold, and responsive to determining that the value exceeds the first threshold, transmit a first instruction to adjust the at least one pivot-adjustment mechanism from a first position to a second position.

A control device for executing travel control of a self-propelled work machine, comprising a turning unit that turns the work machine such that the work machine travels inside a boundary of a work region, an evaluation unit that evaluates complexity of a shape of the boundary in the work region, and a changing unit that changes a turning mode of the work machine when the work machine is turned based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.

A lawn vehicle network includes a charging station having a visual identifier, a lawn vehicle having a battery, a blade system, a drive system whose output effects lawn vehicle forward movement, a processor board connected to both systems, the processor board capable of processing image data and sending commands to both systems, and a vision assembly connected to the processor board and able to transmit image data to the processor board, and the processor board, having received the image data, able to, if the image data represent a first object, maintain the drive system's output at the time of that determination, if the image data represent a second object, change the drive system's output at the time of that determination, and if the image data represent the visual identifier, maintain the drive system's output or send a shutoff command to the vision assembly at the time of that determination.

A drive-by-wire steering system for a power equipment device is provided. One example embodiment comprises a steering interface system, a power steering system, and a communication link connecting the steering interface system and power steering system. The power steering system can adjust steering angle of wheels of the power equipment device based on inputs received from the steering interface system. The steering interface system can receive user inputs and provide powered feedback and/or a simulated caster effect via a steering interface. Additional embodiments include power equipment devices and steering interface systems.

A method for operating or interacting with a mobile robot includes determining, using at least one processor, a mapping between a first coordinate system associated with a mobile device and a second coordinate system associated with the mobile robot, in which the first coordinate system is different from the second coordinate system. The method includes providing at the mobile device a user interface to enable a user to interact with the mobile robot in which the interaction involves usage of the mapping between the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system.

One embodiment is a control system for a vehicle cutting system, the vehicle cutting system comprising a cutting unit connected to a lift arm of a lift system via a yoke, the lift system comprising a lift actuator for lifting and lowering the lift arm, the cutting unit and the yoke. The control system comprising a sensor for sensing a displacement of the yoke from a nominal position relative to a central support of the yoke and for generating a displacement signal indicative of the sensed displacement; and a controller for processing the displacement signal and adjusting a position of the lift actuator based on the processing.

A work vehicle includes: a traveling vehicle body (1); a first working machine (2) mounted on the traveling vehicle body (1); and a working machine connector (3) for attaching a second working machine, wherein one end (3b) of the working machine connector (3) is rotatably attached to the traveling vehicle body (1), and the other end (3c) of the working machine connector (3) to which the second working machine is attached is elevated/lowered with a rotation of the working machine connector (3) by a lifting apparatus, a connecting link (4) for connecting the working machine connector (3) and the first working machine (2) is provided, and a working machine fixture (5) is provided to fix the first working machine (2) at a predetermined height position, even if the second working machine is elevated/lowered with the rotation of the working machine connector (3) once the first working machine (2) is elevated/lowered to the predetermined height position by activating the connection link (4) with the rotation of the working machine connector (3).

Outdoor power equipment includes a battery pack, a receptacle configured to receive the battery pack, a wheel motor, a chore motor, a gyroscopic sensor configured to detect an orientation of the outdoor power equipment, a location sensor configured to detect a location of the outdoor power equipment, and a controller in communication with the wheel motor, the chore motor, the gyroscopic sensor, and the location sensor. The controller is configured to provide additional power from the battery pack to the wheel motor based on (a) detection of a deviation by the outdoor power equipment from a desired path to maintain the outdoor power equipment on the desired path based on the location of the outdoor power equipment as determined by the location sensor, or (b) detection of the orientation exceeding a predetermined threshold value.

A standing ride on mower includes a frame, a right drive wheel, a left drive wheel, a prime mover, a right side integrated transaxle operating under influence of the prime mover to drive rotation of the right drive wheel and having a housing, hydraulic pump, and hydraulic motor, a left side integrated transaxle operating under influence of the prime mover to drive rotation of the left drive wheel, having a housing, hydraulic pump, and hydraulic motor, and an operator platform to support a standing operator of the mower extending beneath the left housing and beneath the right housing such that a distance between an innermost portion of the right side integrated transaxle and an innermost portion of the left side integrated transaxle is less than a width of the operator platform.