In accordance with an example embodiment, a method for directing a work machine to one or more worksites from a selection of candidate worksites is disclosed. The method includes receiving obscurant data related to a forecast availability of obscurants at one or more worksites; receiving environmental data related to the suppression, creation, transportation, or direction of obscurants; and receiving operational data related to machine components and the ability of the machine components to generate obscurants or have performance degraded by obscurants at the one or more worksites. Determining an obscurant metric for each of the one or more worksites based on the obscurant data, the environmental data, and the operational data; and directing the work machine to the one or more worksites based on the obscurant metric.

Disclosed is an automatic row-guiding method for maize combine harvester based on the situation of missing plants, comprising: S1, guiding calculation of missing plants according to a traveling speed of a harvester and output values of left and right detecting sensors; and S2, performing guiding calculation of missing plants if there is a situation of missing plant, obtaining a first target turning angle of an electric steering wheel; or obtaining a second target turning angle according to the output values of the left and right detecting sensors if there is no situation of missing plant, then adjusting the steering wheel in terms of controlling direction, and finally, realizing automatic row-guiding of the combine harvester.

A method of controlling a mobile agricultural machine that includes detecting a target value setting input identifying a target metric value for a quality metric representing a performance characteristic of the mobile agricultural machine and having an inverse relationship to machine speed, receiving machine data indicative of operating parameters on the mobile agricultural machine, generating, based on the machine data, a current metric value for the quality metric, determining a target machine speed based on the current metric value relative to the target metric value, and outputting a control instruction that controls the mobile agricultural machine based on the target machine speed.

A method for executing an agricultural work process on a field by means of a group of agricultural work machines. The work machines each have work assemblies which are adjustable with machine parameters for adapting to the respective agricultural conditions. The work machines of the group communicate with one another via a wireless network. The work machines of the group are configured as self-optimizing work machines which each have a driver assistance system for generating and adjusting machine parameters in an automated manner. These machine parameters are optimized with respect to the agricultural conditions. The work machines of the group cooperate collectively in the manner of a virtual work machine.

A combine harvester is provided with a controller, and the controller functions as an automatic traveler and a switch. The automatic traveler executes the automatic traveling of the combine harvester in the automatic straight work. The switch switches automatic traveling of the combine harvester to manual traveling, during the performing of the automatic traveling, when detecting a shift from an un-mowed area to an already mowed area.

Disclosed is an automatic row-guiding method for maize combine harvester based on the situation of missing plants, comprising: S1, guiding calculation of missing plants according to a traveling speed of a harvester and output values of left and right detecting sensors; and S2, performing guiding calculation of missing plants if there is a situation of missing plant, obtaining a first target turning angle of an electric steering wheel; or obtaining a second target turning angle according to the output values of the left and right detecting sensors if there is no situation of missing plant, then adjusting the steering wheel in terms of controlling direction, and finally, realizing automatic row-guiding of the combine harvester.

A combine includes a control device and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a control device, and when the control device detects movement to one field where automatic travel is to be performed, the control device functions as a parameter setting unit that sets a field parameter corresponding to the one field. The control device functions as a travel control unit that executes automatic travel of the combine on the basis of a work route set for the one field and the field parameter.

A work vehicle equipped with a cabin that covers a driving part is disclosed. The work vehicle an antenna unit provided on an upper part of a cabin left side face part, which is one side face part out of left and right side face parts of the cabin, and a handrail part provided on the cabin left side face part and used to perform work on the antenna unit.

An agricultural vehicle monitoring system includes one or more noncontact sensors configured to sense multiple objects along a scanline. A comparative vehicle monitor is in communication with the one or more noncontact sensors. The comparative vehicle monitor is configured to provide a specified row width and to identify one or more crop rows from the scan line and determine one or more lengths of scan line segments between identified crop rows. The comparative vehicle monitor is further configured to determine a vehicle position including one or more of a vehicle angle or a vehicle location according to the specified row width and the one or more determined lengths of scan line segments between the identified crop rows.

A control system includes a controller configured to determine a target speed between a first target position of a haul vehicle relative to a harvester and a second target position of the haul vehicle relative to the harvester based on a flow rate of agricultural product through a conveyor of the harvester. The haul vehicle is coupled to a storage compartment, an outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a first unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the first target position, and the outlet of the conveyor is aligned with a second unloading point within the storage compartment while the haul vehicle is positioned at the second target position. Furthermore, the controller is configured to output a control signal indicative of instructions to direct the haul vehicle from the first target position to the second target position at the target speed.