An area limiting excavation control system for construction machines including a control unit (9) that performs area limiting control by controlling at least one of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (3a, 3b, 3c) on the basis of a posture and a position of each of a boom (1a), an arm (1b), and a bucket (1c). The control system includes an angle sensor group (8) that detects rotational angles of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c), and a tilting angle sensor group (81) that detects ground angles of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c). The control unit (9) selects, from among the angle sensor group (8) and the tilting angle sensor group (81), a sensor to be used for calculating a posture and a position of each of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c) in accordance with a magnitude of speed of at least one of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c).

A hydraulic excavator (1) is provided with a controller (40) including an actuator control section (81) which, when an operation device (45, 46) is operated, controls at least one of a plurality of hydraulic actuators (5, 6, 7) in accordance with the velocities of the plurality of hydraulic actuators (5, 6, 7) and a predetermined condition. The controller (40) determines, based on a sensed value from a posture sensor (50), the direction of a load exerted on an arm cylinder (6) due to the weight of an arm (9), outputs, upon determining that the direction of the load is opposite to a driving direction of the arm cylinder (6), a second velocity Vamt2 to the actuator control section (81), and outputs, upon determining that the direction of the load is the same as the driving direction of the arm cylinder (6), a third velocity Vamt3 to the actuator control section (81).

An excavator comprises a chassis, an implement, and an assembly comprising a boom, a stick, and a coupling. The assembly is configured to define a heading {circumflex over (N)} and to swing with, or relative to, the chassis about a swing axis S. The stick is configured to curl relative to the boom about a curl axis C. The implement is coupled to a stick terminal point G via the coupling and is configured to rotate about a rotary axis R such that a leading edge of the implement defines a heading Î. An excavator control architecture comprises sensors and machine readable instructions to generate signals representative of {circumflex over (N)}, an assembly swing rate ω.sub.S about S, and a stick curl rate ω.sub.C about C, generate a signal representing a terminal point heading Ĝ based on {circumflex over (N)}, ω.sub.S, and ω.sub.C, and rotate the implement about R such that Î approximates Ĝ.

A shovel control method includes performing a plane position control or a height control of an end attachment by an operation of one lever. The plane position control is performed while maintaining a height of the end attachment. The height control is performed while maintaining a plane position of the end attachment.

Methods and systems related to operating an excavator during a digging cycle are described. In some embodiments, a nominal path of a bucket connected to one or more linkages of the excavator may be commanded. A correction to the commanded nominal path may be applied to maximize a power applied by at least one of the one or more linkages of the excavator during at least a portion of the digging cycle.

Disclosed is a hydraulic system for performing land preparation works by means of a simultaneous boom-up and arm-in operation. The hydraulic system according to the present invention includes: an arm cylinder and a boom cylinder that are connected to first and second hydraulic pumps, respectively; a first boom control valve that is disposed in the discharge flow path of the second hydraulic pump; a second boom control valve that is disposed in the discharge flow path of the first hydraulic pump and causes the working fluid of the first hydraulic pump to converge with the working fluid which is supplied from the second hydraulic pump to the boom cylinder; a first arm control valve that is disposed in the discharge flow path of the first hydraulic pump; a second arm control valve that is disposed in the discharge flow path of the second hydraulic pump and causes the working fluid of the second hydraulic pump to converge with the working fluid which is supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the arm cylinder; a recycle valve that is disposed in the flow path between the working fluid inlet port of the first arm control valve and a hydraulic tank; and a second boom control valve spool having a parallel pressure section in which the boom-up pilot pressure does not increase with respect to the boom-up strokes during the simultaneous boom-up and arm-in operation.

A hydraulic control system is disclosed for an excavation machine including a tool linkage system. The hydraulic control system may have a first actuator configured to move a first link of the tool linkage system in response to input from an operator of the excavation machine, and a pressure sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a pressure of the first actuator. The hydraulic control system may also have a second actuator configured to move a second link of the tool linkage system in response to input from the operator. In addition, the hydraulic control system may have a controller in communication with the pressure sensor, the first actuator, and the second actuator. The controller may be configured to automatically affect operation of the first actuator based on the pressure signal at times when movement of the second actuator is being requested by the operator and movement of the first actuator is being requested by the operator at a level less than a threshold.

A system and a method for remote operation of a working machine comprising a tool is provided. The system includes an on-board controller configured to receive signals from a remote control station remotely controlling the operation of the working machine, and to obtain and send camera images to an off-board controller. The system also includes an off-board controller configured to receive the camera images from the on-board controller. The off-board controller identifies at least one visual tag in the camera images located on a load carrier, determines at least one distance between the tool and the load carrier based on the identified at least one visual tag, and provides, to the on-board controller and/or to an operator of the working machine, information based on the determined at least one distance between the tool and the load carrier in order to support the remote operation of the working machine.

A machine is configured to travel on a ground surface. The machine includes a frame and a support coupled to the frame. The support is configured to be raised or lowered relative to the frame. The machine also includes an implement movably coupled to the support. The implement is configured to engage the ground surface. The machine further includes a control processor configured to move the implement in response to movement of the support.

An excavator includes a rotatable house and a bucket operably coupled to the rotatable house. The excavator also includes one or more swing sensors configured to provide at least one rotation sensor signal indicative of rotation of the rotatable house and one or more controllers coupled to the sensor. The one or more controllers being configured to implement inertia determination logic that determines the inertia of a portion of the excavator and control signal generator logic that generates a control signal to control the excavator, based on the inertia of the portion of the excavator.