An agricultural robot for monitoring plants in a growing site, the robot comprising: a sensor module comprising: a speaker operable to transmit a directional acoustic signal at an object; and a microphone operable to register a reflection of the acoustic signal; a sound analyzer operable to time-index the reflection received by the microphone and maps a location of the object that reflected the received acoustic signal; and an autonomous mobile platform onto which the sensor module is mounted.

A system including a beamforming-sensor configured to acquire sensor-data representative of a swath in an agricultural field; and a controller configured to determine swath-property-data based on the sensor-data.

This document sets out a method of adjusting an agricultural implement's orientation. The method comprises recording, while the agricultural implement is travelling, a series of orientation values corresponding to the orientation of the agricultural implement in at least one vertical plane, calculating a derived orientation value based on said series of values and, if the derived orientation value is outside a predetermined range, adjusting a mutual position relationship between at least two parts of the agricultural implement that can move relative to each other.

An agricultural vehicle comprises a chassis, a header carried by the chassis, an actuator system including a plurality of actuators linked to a frame of the header and configured to adjust an orientation of the header, a GPS device configured to output a GPS position of the vehicle, and a controller. The header includes a frame and one or more sensors carried by the frame. The controller is electrically coupled to the one or more sensors, the actuator system, and the GPS device. The controller is configured to receive from a memory a final orientation of the header associated with a GPS position at a second location on a last pass that is closest in distance to a GPS position at an upcoming location on the current pass, and activate one or more actuators to re-orient the header before the vehicle arrives at the upcoming location.

The use of self-powered, autonomous vehicles in agricultural and other domestic applications is provided. The vehicles include a self-propelled drive system, tracks or wheels operatively connected to the drive system, a power supply operatively connected to the drive system, an attachment mechanism for attaching equipment to the vehicle, and an intelligent control operatively connected to the drive system, power supply, and attachment mechanism. The vehicle is configured to connect to the equipment to perform agricultural operations based upon the equipment. Multiple vehicles can be used in a field at the same time. Furthermore, the invention includes the ability to move one or more of the autonomous vehicles from field to field, home to field, or from generally any first location to a second location.

A method to prevent drift in an agricultural implement. Drift is when one side of an agricultural implement is further behind or further ahead of the other side of the agricultural implement in a direction of travel. Drift can be controlled by increasing a downforce on the side that is further ahead, decreasing force on the side that is further behind, or a combination of both. The force can be a moment of force.

A combine (work vehicle) is provided with: a positioning unit that obtains a measurement point indicating a position of a vehicle body; an initial external shape generating unit that generates an initial external shape of an agricultural field on the basis of a travel trajectory of the vehicle body constituted of a plurality of measurement points obtained when the vehicle body was manually driven along an external edge of the agricultural field; and an obstacle identification unit that identifies an obstacle for travel on the basis of the travel trajectory and generates an obstacle area including the identified obstacle.

A method for distributing delivered crop during a spreading operation includes providing an agricultural utility machine and a spreading tool movably mounted thereto, automatically controlling a motion of the spreading tool, and spreading crop by the spreading tool.

A method for autonomously maneuvering a tractor in reverse for attachment to a trailer using a hitch assist system, the method including: entering a hitch assist mode, displaying a camera image on a user interface, and receiving an indication of a selected trailer. The method also includes determining a planned path with a computing device a tractor path from an initial position to a final position adjacent the trailer, the tractor path including maneuvers configured to move the tractor along the tractor path from the initial position to the final position. The method also includes autonomously following, at a drive system in communication with the computing device, the tractor path from the initial position to the final position.

The present invention relates to a practical approach to alleviate or remove the jerky heading change in ArVs. The rate of change of articulation angle in heading kinematics is effectively canceled. This modification (also called as transformer) can be done such that articulated vehicles can change their heading similar to front wheel-steered vehicles.