A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel.

The present disclosure provides a mobile device and a method of changing the centroid thereof. The mobile device includes a device body, having a processor disposed therein; and a centroid changing device, including a guide rail disposed on the device body, a weight assembly slidably disposed on the guide rail, and a driving device coupled to the weight assembly, wherein the processor is electrically coupled to the driving device, and controls the weight assembly to slide along the guide rail via the driving device, to change the centroid of the device body.

A method for maintaining center of gravity (COG) of a storage unit is provided. A server receives a first request for placing an item in a storage facility. The server identifies a storage unit in the storage facility and slots available in the storage unit for placing the item. The server selects a first slot from the available slots to place the item, such that when the item is placed in the first slot, the COG of the storage unit is maintained within a COG tolerance region of the storage unit. The server further maintains the COG within the COG tolerance region after one or more items are picked from the storage unit. The server identifies new slots for rearranging items remaining in the storage unit after the items are picked and thus maintains the COG of the storage unit within the COG tolerance region.

An agricultural combine having a chassis, an intermediate member connected to the chassis, a first actuator connecting the chassis to the intermediate member, a first gauge configured to measure a first force generated by the first actuator, a header movably connected to the intermediate member, a second actuator connecting the header to the intermediate member, a second gauge configured to measure a second force generated by the second actuator, and a processing unit operatively connected to the first gauge and to the second gauge and comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to evaluate the first force and the second force to determine a position of a center of gravity of the header relative to the chassis. A method for determining the position of the center of gravity and weight of the header are also provided.

A method is provided for inspecting a component. During this method, a theoretical moment weight of the component is determined. The theoretical moment weight of the component is compared to a measured moment weight of the component to determine a difference between the theoretical moment weight of the component and the measured moment weight of the component. A fault notification is provided where the difference between the theoretical moment weight of the component and the measured moment weight of the component is greater than a predetermined value.

A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel.

A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel.

An object of the present invention is to estimate a center-of-gravity position and inertia moment of a trailer and supply the center-of-gravity position and inertia moment for control of an articulated vehicle so as to enable further stabilization of a posture of the articulated vehicle during traveling.

A vehicle control device of the present invention is a vehicle control device mounted on a tractor which pulls a trailer, and is provided with: a steering angle control unit that controls a steering angle of wheels of the tractor independently of steering by a driver; and a trailer characteristic estimation unit that estimates a characteristic of the trailer based on a behavior of the tractor during wheel steering by the steering angle control unit.

A vehicle includes a sprung mass including a cabin coupled to a chassis, tractive assemblies each including at least one tractive element, springs coupling the tractive elements to the sprung mass, each spring imparting an upward force on the sprung mass, load sensors each configured to provide a signal indicative of the force imparted by one of the springs, and a controller operatively coupled to the load sensors. The controller is configured to determine a weight of the sprung mass using the signals from the load sensors and monitor at least one operational condition of the vehicle. The controller is configured to determine whether or not to disable determination of the weight based on the at least one operational condition.

An excavator attachment is attached to a rotating platform of an excavator. A display unit visually displays a predicted stability indicating stability of the posture of the excavator after the excavator is manipulated.