A system and method are provided for assisted positioning of a loading container of a transport vehicle with respect to a work machine during material loading operations. A target loading position is determined for at least the loading container relative to at least an undercarriage of the work machine. The target loading position may be based on user input, and/or automatically determined based on a selected swing angle or range for an implement (e.g., boom assembly), a distance from the work machine, etc. Output signals are generated corresponding to the target loading position, and optionally to a determined route of travel corresponding to a current position of the transport vehicle and the target loading position for at least the loading container.

Embodiments of a work vehicle magnetorheological fluid (MRF) joystick system include a joystick device having a base housing, a joystick movably mounted to the base housing, and a joystick position sensor configured to monitor joystick movement. An MRF joystick resistance mechanism is controllable to vary a joystick stiffness resisting movement of the joystick relative to the base housing, while a controller architecture is coupled to the joystick position sensor and to the MRF joystick resistance mechanism. The controller architecture is configured to: (i) selectively place the work vehicle MRF joystick system in a modified joystick stiffness mode during operation of the work vehicle; and (ii) when the work vehicle MRF joystick system is placed in the modified joystick stiffness mode, command the MRF joystick resistance mechanism to vary the joystick stiffness based, at least in part, on the movement of the joystick relative to the base housing.

A power machine can be configured to automatically travel along a planned path based on pursuit of a target point. A location of the target point along the planned path can be determined based one or more of local curvature of the planned path or travel speed of the power machine. In some cases, a circular buffer can be used to store mapping data.

Computer systems and methods of spatially-indexing agricultural content involve inputting agricultural content comprising spatial data and spatially-indexing the agricultural content by: identifying from the spatial data a set of geospatial boundaries for the agricultural content, indexing the agricultural content to the identified geospatial boundaries, cross-referencing the indexed agricultural data with a plurality of sets of geospatial boundaries for a plurality of fields, and indexing the agricultural content to one or more of the plurality of fields when the cross-referencing identifies an overlap between the geospatial boundaries of the indexed agricultural data and one or more of the geospatial boundaries of the plurality of fields.

This description provides an autonomous or semi-autonomous excavation vehicle that is capable of navigating through a dig site and carrying an excavation routine using a system of sensors physically mounted to the excavation vehicle. The sensors collect one or more of spatial, imaging, measurement, and location data representing the status of the excavation vehicle and its surrounding environment. Based on the collected data, the excavation vehicle executes instructions to perform an excavation routine by excavating earth from a hole using an excavation tool positioned at a single location within the site. The excavation vehicle is also able to carry out numerous other tasks, such as checking the volume of excavated earth in an excavation tool, navigating the excavation vehicle over a distance while continuously excavating earth from a below surface depth, and preparing a digital terrain model of the site as part of a process for creating the excavation routine.

A work vehicle guidance display system comprising: at least one imaging device disposed on a work vehicle; a display disposed in the work vehicle configured to display images from the imaging device; and a controller configured to: select a field of view of the imaging device to display; receive a static dimension associated with the work vehicle; receive a dynamic dimension associated with the work vehicle; and display on the display a field view with a first machine travel path based on the static dimension and a second machine travel path based on the dynamic dimension.

In one aspect, a method for shared access of a machine for operator training, the machine including a traction device and an implement, includes receiving an authorization from an access device to share access to the machine, and entering a shared control state based on at least the authorization received from the access device. The method also includes receiving commands from a remote operation device during the shared control state and operating at least one of the traction device or the implement of the machine based on at least the commands from the remote operation device while an operator is present in the machine.

A first control unit outputs, to a work machine including work equipment, a first control signal of moving the work equipment to a position above a loading point before a transport vehicle including a dump body reaches the loading point. A transmission unit transmits, to the transport vehicle, an accessing instruction to travel the transport vehicle such that the dump body is located at the loading point. A second control unit outputs a second control signal of controlling the work machine or the transport vehicle such that a deviation between a waiting position of the work equipment and a position of the dump body when the transport vehicle arrives at the loading point based on the accessing instruction becomes small. The waiting position is a position of the work equipment holding an excavation object and waiting based on the first control signal.

A system includes a support, a sensor coupled to the support and arranged to output signals in a direction towards a haul road on which a machine traverses, an indicator coupled to the support, a first line coupled to the support, and a second line coupled to the support. Sensor data is received from the sensor, and based on the sensor data, a position of the machine on the haul road is determined. An alignment of the machine on the haul road is determined, where the alignment is associated with the machine maintaining contact with the first line and the second line. An indication is displayed for laterally aligning the machine on the haul road.

There is provided a technology capable of, when a remote operation target through a remote operation apparatus is switched from one work machine to another work machine, making it easy for an operator to respond to an environmental change of the remote operation target. A first work environment image based on first picked-up image data acquired through a work machine image-pickup device 412 of a first work machine which is a current remote operation target of a remote operation apparatus 20 is outputted on a remote output interface 220. In addition, a second work environment image based on second picked-up image data acquired through a work machine image pickup apparatus of a second work machine which is the next remote operation target of the remote operation apparatus 20 is outputted on the remote output interface 220.