An autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural plant and soil management operations. According to some embodiments, autonomous ground vehicle includes: one or more camera units configured to generate images, an energy storage unit, a solar panel unit, a solar panel control mechanism, a first mechanical arm having a first end effector, an electronic memory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions; one or more processors in electronic communication with the electronic memory storage medium, configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in an electronic memory storage medium for implementing a method of for agricultural plant and soil management operations.

A system and method for herding animals by a formation of autonomous vehicles, representing an improvement on U.S. application Ser. No. 18/608,136, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING STRAYS AND MANAGING HERDS. A plurality of herding vehicles use models derived from research and experience in animal husbandry to direct specific vehicles to specific positions with respect to a herd and to move and to emit sounds and light signals so as to induce the herd to stay together and to move in the desired direction at the desired speed. The system detects animals straying from the herd and deploys herding vehicles to drive them back into the herd. It periodically sends herding vehicles to a battery replacement station to receive fully charged batteries. The system operates in two modes: a roundup mode and a herding mode after a herd is fully assembled.

A local server includes a controller configured to select a processing function for processing offload, and receive, from a traffic filter, target data that originates from a local network; and a processing platform comprising one or more processors and configured to apply the processing function to the target data to obtain processed data; and wherein the controller is further configured to send the processed data to a remote server for remote processing.

A distributed control system and method for decentralized, collaborative platform navigation, routing, and/or control are disclosed employing a distributed, factorized positioning, navigation, and timing chain that can link platforms or nodes having local sensors together by their local inertial and ranging measurements. In the distributed, factorized PNT chain, each platform maintains and contributes local measurements as states to a set of dynamically assigned parent node for a platform cluster, each parent nodes and associated clusters links to at least one other parent node aggregates the states of the platforms in the cluster and passes/propagates states of a linked clustered.

A transport system includes: a plurality of autonomously movable first moving bodies; and one or more second moving bodies configured to transport the plurality of first moving bodies as a first assembly in which relative positions of the plurality of first moving bodies with respect to each other are identified.

A system for intralogistics comprising a self-propelled load bearing cart and a remote controlled or autonomous self-propelled guide unit. The self-propelled load bearing cart comprises a drive unit comprising at least one drive wheel for propelling the self-propelled load bearing cart, a mechanical connection, and a computing unit connected to the drive unit. The computing unit comprises a transceiving unit for communicating with the remote controlled or autonomous self-propelled guide unit, and the remote controlled or autonomous self-propelled guide unit comprises a mechanical connection configured to connect to the mechanical connection of the self-propelled load bearing cart, such that a mechanical interconnection can be created between the remote controlled or autonomous self-propelled guide unit and the self-propelled load bearing cart.

A method for autonomous path planning triggered by freeway rubbernecking includes obtaining gaze directions of drivers of a plurality of connected vehicles in a region of a road. The method also includes determining whether an average speed of the plurality of connected vehicles in the region is less than a predetermined speed. The method further includes controlling mobility of one or more of the plurality of connected vehicles in response to determining that the gaze directions of one or more drivers of the plurality of connected vehicles deviate from the moving direction of the connected vehicles and determining that the average speed of the connected vehicles is less than the predetermined speed.

An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined so as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate to transport articles. The combined transport vehicle group enters a connected state in which articles are deliverable to and from a connection target location, due to at least one transport vehicle of the combined transport vehicle group being disposed at an adjacent position adjacent to the connection target location. A control system is configured to move the combined transport vehicle group between an adjacent position adjacent to a first connection target location and an adjacent position adjacent to a second connection target location while maintaining the plurality of transport vehicles in the combined state.

An article transport facility includes a plurality of transport vehicles. In a combined state in which the plurality of transport vehicles are combined in such a manner as to be adjacent to each other, the plurality of transport vehicles constitute a transport route in which a plurality of transfer sections cooperate to transport articles. While the transport vehicle performs a combining operation with a combination target vehicle that is another transport vehicle that is a combination target, the control unit at least partially disables a surrounding area sensor so as not to detect the combination target vehicle.

A control system for controlling movement, position, or force for a mechanically connected object comprising a plurality of marine vessels. The control system includes at least one processor configured to: receive a movement, position or force command for the mechanically connected object; and generate at least one first command for a first marine vessel of the plurality of marine vessels and at least one second command for a second marine vessel of the plurality of marine vessels, to control movement, position, or force of the mechanically connected object in response to the movement, position or force command for the mechanically connected object.