The disclosure relates to a coating method including the specification of at least one coating path for moving a paint impact point along at least one coating path over the surface, the at least one coating path running through a surface region of the component to be coated which is bounded by edges. The disclosure also includes, presetting reference values of the spatial edge point positions and/or of the edge point orientations of the surface region, spatial measurement of position, orientation and/or shape of the component to be coated or of a part of the component to be coated with a measuring system, where, in the course of the spatial measurement, measured values of the edge point positions and/or of the edge point orientations of the edge points on the edges of the surface region are measured. Lastly, the disclosure includes determining the deviation between the measured values of the edge point positions and/or the edge point orientations and the reference values of the edge point positions and/or the edge point orientations, and adapting the coating path as a function of the deviation between the reference values of the edge point positions and the measured values of the edge point orientations.

A control device is provided with: a first generation unit for generating a first instruction position on a plane of a control subject in each control period on the basis of a target trajectory; a first control unit for generating a first operation amount by model prediction control using a first dynamic characteristic model and the first instruction position; a second generation unit for generating a second instruction position on an orthogonal axis of the control subject in each control period; and a second control unit for generating a second operation amount by model prediction control using a second dynamic characteristic model and the second instruction position. On the basis of shape data indicating a surface shape of an object and the first instruction position, the second generation unit generates the second instruction position in such a manner that a distance between the control subject and a surface of the object is constant. As a result, the control subject follows the shape of the surface of the object with high accuracy.

A method for plantation treatment of a plantation field, the method, comprising: receiving (S10) a parametrization (10) for controlling a treatment device (200) by the treatment device (200) from a field manager system (100), wherein the parametrization (10) is dependent on offline field data (Doff) relating to expected conditions on the plantation field (300); taking (S20) an image (20) of a plantation of a plantation field (300); recognizing (S30) objects (30) on the taken image (20); determining (S40) a control signal (S) for controlling a treatment arrangement (240) of the treatment device (200) based on the determined parametrization (10) and the recognized objects (30).

A measurement sensor is integrated with a control object so that a position separated from a processing object by the control object along a target trajectory is a measurement point. A control device includes: a first generator that generates a first command position of the control object on a plane; a first control part that generates a first operation amount using a model predictive control; a second generator that generates a second command position of the control object on an orthogonal axis that is orthogonal to the plane; and a second control part that generates a second operation amount using the model predictive control. The second generator generates the second command position so that the distance between the control object and the surface of an object is constant, based on the measurement result of the measurement sensor and the first command position.

A method for controlling a dispensing system is provided, including the steps of dispensing, by a dispensing device, a coating material onto a substrate according to a first dispensing operation, inspecting, by an inspection device integrated with the dispensing device, the coating material applied to the first substrate, and altering the first dispensing operation based on the inspecting so that the coating material is dispensed onto a subsequent substrate according to a second dispensing operation. An associated coating machine is also provided.

A fluid delivery system includes a smart hose. The smart hose includes a fluid conduit configured to deliver a fluid. The smart hose further includes a first electrically conductive element configured to deliver electricity through a length of the smart hose. The fluid delivery system further includes master hub disposed on a fluid delivery device. The fluid delivery system also includes at least one slave hub disposed on the smart hose and communicatively coupled to the master hub.

A method and associated system provides automated abrasive paint repair using automated abrasive paint repair devices that selectively sand, buff, and polish a substrate in response to received instructions generated by a controller. The controller receives coordinates of each identified defect in the substrate along with parameters describing characteristics of each defect, selects a sanding process, a buffing process, and/or a polishing process based on empirically derived rules established by skilled/expert human operators and the received parameters. The controller outputs instructions to cause the automated abrasive paint repair devices to execute the selected sanding process, buffing process, and/or polishing process using the received parameters. The empirically derived rules and parameters may be stored in a lookup table and/or updated by a machine learning module.

Methods and systems for administering agrochemicals with an agricultural sprayer are provided. In a method a ground speed of the sprayer is measured. A current volumetric air flow produced by a fan of the sprayer is determined and compared with a required volumetric airflow. Settings of the fan (such as rotational speed and blade pitch settings) are adjusted if the current and required volumetric air flows differ The required volumetric air flow of the fan is determined using the measured ground speed, a configured plant height and width and sprayer air volume delivery curves at different fan settings.

A method for classifying plants for agricultural purposes. The method includes: detecting a field section having plants using an optical detection unit inclined toward the field section to obtain image information having a rear image edge having an image width and a front image edge having a larger image width; classifying the plants in the image information into first and second plant classes using an algorithm to treat the plants of the second plant class with a liquid spray agent, in accordance with the classification. The step of classifying comprises a step of reclassifying, in which classified plants are reclassified from the second plant class to the first plant class using the algorithm if they extend in a rear image section of the image information defined by a defined image separation line from a lateral image edge of the image information maximally up to a defined reclassification boundary line.

A system for applying an herbicide to an agricultural field includes a sensor configured to measure total vegetation density in the agricultural field; and an applicator vehicle comprising a chassis, a liquid holding tank carried by the chassis, and at least one nozzle carried by the chassis and in fluid communication with the liquid holding tank. A controller is configured to control an amount of flow of herbicide through the nozzle(s) based on the total vegetation density measured by the sensor. A method of applying an herbicide to an agricultural field includes measuring a total vegetation density in the agricultural field and spraying a variable amount of an herbicide through at least one nozzle onto the agricultural field. The amount of herbicide is based on the measured total vegetation density, without regard to distinction between crop and weed.