Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus and method for seabed resources collection. The apparatus comprises a main module and a plurality of seabed resources collecting devices releasably attached to the main module, wherein the main module and the plurality of collecting devices are configured to be launched from a surface vessel towards a seabed; the main module includes a control module which is configured to determine a mining path for each of the collecting devices based on characteristics of the seabed, control each of the collecting devices to collect seabed resources along the determined mining path and control transfer of the seabed resources collected by the collecting devices, wherein each collecting device is configured to be released from the main module after the apparatus is launched, and to collect seabed resources along the mining path determined by the main module after being released.

A working machine, equipped with a working device that extends to the outside of a machine body, includes: a physical quantity detection sensor (that detects a physical quantity concerning the working machine; a monitor that displays predetermined information; and a controller that controls the monitor. The controller includes a stress calculation section that calculates a distribution of stress applied to the working device based on the physical quantity concerning the working machine, detected by the physical quantity detection sensor, and a display control section that controls the display of the predetermined information on the monitor. The display control section controls the display on the monitor so as to indicate the distribution of the stress applied to the working device, calculated by the stress calculation section, in conjunction with the movement of the working device.

Techniques for generating earthmoving flow vectors for assisting control of a construction machine are disclosed. A design elevation map of an earthmoving site may be obtained. The design elevation map may include a plurality of design elevation points of the earthmoving site. An actual elevation map of the earthmoving site may be obtained. The actual elevation map may include a plurality of actual elevation points of the earthmoving site. A dual-layer input graph may be formed based on the design elevation map and the actual elevation map. The dual-layer input graph may include a plurality of nodes related through a plurality of connections. A flow graph may be generated by solving the dual-layer input graph. The flow graph may include a set of flow vectors indicating movement of the earth within the earthmoving site.

A site management system manages the positions of workers and work areas of work machines. The workers can recognize the work areas of the work machines at a work site in which the work machines and the workers carry out work. A site management device is connected to a worker terminal carried by a worker and a work machine processor is mounted on a work machine 1. The site management device generates worker information 360 on the basis of a signal transmitted from the worker terminal and generates work machine information 350 based on a signal transmitted from the work machine processor. Work area information 380 including the position and the work area of a work machine is generated on the basis of the pieces of information 350 and 360 and a work area notification signal is transmitted with the work area information to the worker terminal device.

The present disclosure relates to a control system adapted to control an operation of a first and a second vehicle operating at a work site. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding computer implemented method and to a computer program product.

An abnormal state monitoring system (100) for a mobile body includes a management device (30) that, based on unsteady information of an abnormal state transmitted from a plurality of the mobile bodies, transmits instruction information to the mobile bodies, and a mobile body side device (10) provided in each of the mobile bodies. The mobile body side device (10) includes a communication unit (25) that communicates with the management device (30), a sensor information acquisition unit (12) that acquires sensor information of a plurality of sensors, an abnormality detection unit (13) that determines whether or not the sensor information is abnormal, and an abnormality processing unit (14) that generates flag data (21) including a flag indicating an abnormality level and state information indicating an abnormal state when the abnormality detection unit (13) determines that there is an abnormality, and transmits the flag data (21) to the management device (30).

According to the remote operation system or a remote operation server 20 included in the remote operation system, a “communication resource allocation process” is performed according to the skill or the like of the operator to allocate communication resources to a plurality of remote operation devices 10. When the “environment information control process” is performed, a data amount of environment data is reduced such that a reduction in the information amount of one or a plurality of low environment information factors is greater than the reduction in the information amount of one or a plurality of high environment information factors (meaning the reduction in the information amount of the environment information due to a change in the environment information factor). The environment information control process is performed in different modes according to a difference in an allocation resource.

A work tool identification system for identifying the work tool attachment attached to a machine from among a plurality of interchangeable work tool attachments utilizes a data transmission device located on the work tool attachment and an electronic machine controller that may be located on the machine. The data transmission device may store work tool identification data and may measure an interval count indicative of the lapsed time since the work tool attachment was initially moved by a machine. The electronic machine controller generates and sorts a work tool identification list of the plurality of work tool attachments based on the interval count with the lowest interval count appearing before any higher interval counts that is indicative of a recently coupled work tool.

A method includes receiving a worksite plan to be executed by at least one machine at a worksite from a computing device of a supervising entity, the controller being located at a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) location with respect to the worksite. The worksite plan may include a boundary of the worksite at which the worksite plan is implemented, at least one task defining the worksite plan, and a selection of at least one machine to perform the task. The method may include receiving a validation signal from a device located at the worksite, the validation indicating that the worksite is ready for implementation of the worksite plan based on at least one parameter of worksite readiness. The method may include selecting a first mode of operation of the machine to perform the task and transmitting first instructions to the machine to perform the task based on the first mode of operation.

In a construction method using an excavator that is controlled by manual operation, and an excavator that includes an automatic working-equipment control unit automatically controlling second working equipment on the basis of at least one of a current terrain and a designed terrain of a construction range in a construction site, and a tooth-edge position of the second working equipment, a progress rate that indicates a volume of soil having been excavated by the excavator to a target volume of soil to be excavated by the excavator in the construction range is calculated, and when the progress rate is equal to or larger than a threshold, the excavator stops construction of the construction range, and the excavator takes over the construction of the construction range, from the excavator.