A wind estimation apparatus includes an acquisition unit and an estimation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a target image of a target region. The estimation unit estimates at least one of a direction and strength of wind in the target region by using the target image.

A method of controlling a harvester includes obtaining a wind direction, identifying harvest coverage data for a field indicative of an unharvested location in the field, and, based on the wind direction and the harvest coverage data, controlling the harvester to direct residue to one or more areas of the field that have been harvested.

A system, adapted for correcting an effect of an external disturbance on a boat. The system includes a control unit including a processor configured to function as: a disturbance obtaining unit, that obtains disturbance information of the boat, the disturbance information of the boat including at least one of a flow direction of the boat, a flow speed of the boat, or a rotation direction of the boat while a propulsion unit of the boat is stopped; a switching unit, that switches a control mode of the control unit to an automatic driving mode; a setting unit, that sets a steering route of the automatic driving mode, wherein, when the control mode is switched to the automatic driving mode, the control unit controls an automatic steering of the boat based on the disturbance information of the boat and the steering route of the automatic driving mode.

The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling a motion of a device from an initial state to a target state in an environment having obstacles that form constraints on the motion of the device. The method includes executing a learned function trained with machine learning to generate a feasible or infeasible trajectory connecting the initial state of the device with the target state of the device while penalizing an extent of violation of at least some of the constraints to produce an initial trajectory. The method further includes solving a convex optimization problem subject to the constraints to produce an optimal trajectory that minimizes deviation from the initial trajectory and controlling the motion of the device according to the optimal trajectory.

The present invention includes systems and methods for improving the process of detecting and classifying objects of interest using UUVs to survey the ocean. According to a particular embodiment, the present invention provides a more cost-efficient process by employing preconfigured heuristic operational scenarios, or supervised machine learning to fine-tune this process by integrating the use of environmental variables relating to the water in which data is gathered, and more particularly for classifying sonar images of the seafloor.

The present invention includes systems and methods for improving the process of detecting and classifying objects of interest using UUVs to survey the ocean. According to a particular embodiment, the present invention provides a more cost-efficient process by employing preconfigured heuristic operational scenarios, or supervised machine learning to fine-tune this process by integrating the use of environmental variables relating to the water in which data is gathered, and more particularly for classifying sonar images of the seafloor.

An unmanned device for a marine environment comprises a location sensor configured to gather location data corresponding to the unmanned device; at least one propulsion system; a transmitter and memory including computer program code. The computer program code is configured to, when executed, cause the processor to cause the propulsion system to propel the unmanned device in a pattern along the body of water, cause the sonar transducer to emit the one or more sonar beams into the body of water, receive sonar return data corresponding to sonar returns, and generate a sonar image corresponding to the sonar return data. Further, the computer program code is configured to cause the processor to detect an object within the sonar image, assign a score to the object indicating the likelihood that the object is a desired object type, and send an alert to the remote electronics device upon assignment of the score.

An unmanned device for a marine environment comprises a location sensor configured to gather location data corresponding to the unmanned device; at least one propulsion system; a transmitter and memory including computer program code. The computer program code is configured to, when executed, cause the processor to cause the propulsion system to propel the unmanned device in a pattern along the body of water, cause the sonar transducer to emit the one or more sonar beams into the body of water, receive sonar return data corresponding to sonar returns, and generate a sonar image corresponding to the sonar return data. Further, the computer program code is configured to cause the processor to detect an object within the sonar image, assign a score to the object indicating the likelihood that the object is a desired object type, and send an alert to the remote electronics device upon assignment of the score.

A system for initiating a command of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft includes a flight controller configured to receive a topographical datum, receive a sensor datum from a sensor, identify an air position as a function of the sensor datum and the topographical datum, determine a command, including an actuator command, as a function of the identified air position and the determining of the command includes identifying at least one flight component of the eVTOL aircraft to be adjusted to perform the determined command, and initiate the command to adjust the identified flight component.

A system for initiating a command of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft includes a flight controller configured to receive a topographical datum, receive a sensor datum from a sensor, identify an air position as a function of the sensor datum and the topographical datum, determine a command, including an actuator command, as a function of the identified air position and the determining of the command includes identifying at least one flight component of the eVTOL aircraft to be adjusted to perform the determined command, and initiate the command to adjust the identified flight component.