In an operation area presentation device according to the present invention, a reception unit is configured to receive history data of a position of an operation site in which a work machine is present. A calculation unit is configured to calculate a staying time of the work machine for each of a plurality of areas of the operation site. A generation unit is configured to generate an operation area map obtained by mapping the staying time for each of the plurality of areas to a map of the operation site. An output unit is configured to output the generated operation area map.

Embodiments of a learning-based excavation planning method are disclosed for excavating rigid objects in clutter, which is challenging due to high variance of geometric and physical properties of objects, and large resistive force during the excavation. A convolutional neural network is utilized to predict a probability of excavation success. Embodiments of a sampling-based optimization method are disclosed for planning high-quality excavation trajectories by leveraging the learned prediction model. To reduce simulation-to-real gap for excavation learning, voxel-based representations of an excavation scene are used. Excavation experiments were performed in both simulation and real world to evaluate the learning-based excavation planners. Experimental results show that embodiments of the disclosed method may plan high-quality excavations for rigid objects in clutter and outperform baseline methods by large margins.

The invention is based on controlling operations of an earthmoving machine controllable by the operator by using only one to four controllers and at least one displaying means for displaying controls selectable and controllable by the one to four controllers. The selections and controls of the operations for controlling the earthmoving machine may be transmitted to the control unit both by wire and wirelessly. Thus, the one to four controllers are operable both attached and detached. Further, the control system is arranged to determine the location of the one to four controllers with respect to the earthmoving machine.

The invention relates to a work machine and a method for monitoring a control system at a work machine (1a). According to the method, in-parameters (32, 34, 36, 38) are obtained in the form of signals from the control system, wherein the control system generates actual values on one or more out-parameters (42, 44) in the form of signals based on said in-parameters. A characteristic of the invention is that a digital flow of data, comprising both said in-parameters and out-parameters via a control bus (5a, 5b), is addressed to a RAM buffer memory (3b,3c), which is included in a personal computer (3a) onboard the work machine, which buffer memory in FIFO mode writes a data file (id:1.1-id1:n) of a predetermined size, which is saved in a non-volatile data support memory (3d).

A control unit of a temperature measurement system for a road construction machine; the control unit having access to a database, a plurality of specification data sets stored on the database, each of the plurality of specification data sets being assigned to a local region and including a temperature measurement specification and/or a temperature measurement report specification; including a data set selector and a data analyzer. The data set selector is configured to select a respective specification data set from the plurality based on position information for the road construction machine, the position information pointing to the respective local region. The data analyzer is connected to a temperature sensor and configured to analyze raw data received from the temperature sensor taking into account the selected temperature measurement specification and/or to output a local specific temperature report based on analyzed raw data taking into account the selected temperature measurement report specification.

The present invention relates to a system for determining the mass of a payload moved by a working device of a machine, comprising: a lifting-gear element that is movable along a path and is designed to move the working device; a sensor system that is designed to provide a plurality of machine-status signals which indicate a status of the machine; a force sensor system that is designed to provide a lifting-force signal that indicates a force on the lifting-gear element; and a control device that is designed: to use system parameters for load determination that originate from pre-configured CAD data, preferably CAD data that has been pre-configured at the factory, and/or from continuous calibration of system parameters; to carry out calibration using the pre-configured parameters as initialisation if unsatisfactory results are achieved; to carry out the calibration in an unloaded state, i.e. when the working device is empty, with automatically predefined stimulation trajectories being used for the machine or instructions being provided to the operator for stimulating the parameters; to log the system statuses using the sensor and to carry out a system identification of this information; and to determine a mass of the payload on the basis of identified and/or pre-configured system parameters and system statuses, preferably on the basis of a position, a speed, an acceleration of the lifting-gear element and/or a force or torque on the lifting-gear element.

A control system for an implement associated with a machine, the machine operating on a work surface lying in a surface plane, is disclosed. The system includes a base plate attached to the machine, the base plate establishing a plate plane and the orientation of the plate plane alters with changes in orientation of the base plate. The system may further include an orientation leveling system which includes an orientation sensor, one or more plate actuators for altering orientation of the base plate, and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to determine if the plate plane is substantially parallel with the surface plane and actuate the one or more actuators to alter orientation of the base plate to position the base plate such that the plate plane is substantially parallel with the surface plane, if the plate plane is not substantially parallel with the surface plane.

A device may receive sensing data that is produced by an environment associated with a fiber optic cable. Based on the sensing data, the device may determine a sensing profile, which indicates a measure of vibration as a function of distance along the fiber optic cable and as a function of time. The device may receive new sensing data produced by the environment. The device may determine that the new sensing data satisfies a vibration deviation criteria, relative to the sensing profile, for a duration threshold. By satisfying the vibration deviation criteria for the duration threshold, the new sensing data may indicate that the environment includes an activity associated with an increased likelihood of damage to the fiber optic cable relative to the sensing data. The device may perform one or more actions based on the new sensing data satisfying the vibration deviation criteria for the duration threshold.

A controller outputs a first velocity (first limiting velocity) as a limiting velocity for a boom cylinder when a boom lowering operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, and outputs a second velocity when the boom lowering operation amount is equal to or larger than the first operation amount. The first velocity is set to decrease according to a decrease in a target surface distance. The second velocity is defined by a weighted average of the first velocity and a third velocity (second limiting velocity) set to change according to one of the target surface distance and the boom lowering operation amount of the operation device, and is set such that an increase in the boom lowering operation amount reduces a weight for the first velocity while increasing a weight for the third velocity.

Provided is a work machine and a work machine management system that enable more appropriate transmission of information of a high-priority work machine even when there is a large number of work machines. A work machine 10 comprises an information controller 20. The information controller 20 acquires operation information of the work machine 10; receives management server information from a management server 90 provided outside the work machine 10; determines a transmission priority order of the operation information based on content of the operation information and the management server information; and transmits the operation information to the management server 90 or a relay 80 according to the transmission priority order.