Agricultural Path Planning for Tendering Time and Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
Challenges exist in predicting when tendering operations should occur during agricultural operations, leading to inefficiencies such as agricultural machines idling while waiting for refills, and there is a need for better logistic planning of these operations.
Innovation Solution
A path planning system that generates and evaluates multiple potential plans for agricultural operations, considering various inputs, and selects a final plan based on scoring criteria to optimize tendering locations and times, which can be communicated to machines and operators for execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional single-plan path planning is used, then the planning system is simple, but agricultural machines experience idle time waiting for tendering operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates multiple potential plans in advance, evaluating tendering locations and times before the agricultural operation begins. This preliminary planning allows the system to pre-coordinate tendering operations, ensuring that agricultural machines are refilled at optimal times and locations without experiencing idle waiting time during execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically evaluates multiple potential plans based on varying parameters such as tendering locations, times, and machine paths. By considering multiple dynamic scenarios rather than a single static plan, the system can adapt to changing conditions and optimize operational efficiency while minimizing idle time through flexible, data-driven decision-making.
2Productivity
If multiple potential plans are generated and evaluated, then operational efficiency is improved, but the planning system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The planning system automatically generates, evaluates, and selects optimal plans without requiring complex manual intervention. The system self-manages the complexity of evaluating multiple potential plans by implementing automated scoring and selection algorithms, reducing the operational burden despite the increased computational tasks involved in multi-plan analysis.
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AI summary
A path planning system and technique automatically plans an agricultural operation performed by an agricultural machine based on various inputs. Based on acquired input data, a plurality of potential plans or paths for the agricultural operation are generated. The plurality of plans are evaluated based on a set of considerations and scored. A ranking based on scores facilitates automatic selected of a final plan for the agricultural operation. The system communicates the final plan and/or instructions based on the final plan to coordinate execution of the agricultural operation among several entities.