Autonomous Carrier Vehicle With Integrated Implement Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current autonomous agricultural machinery requires multiple machines and complex logistical and control systems, leading to high costs and maintenance complexity, and often necessitates an operator to prevent malfunctions, which limits personnel savings and increases susceptibility to failures.
Innovation Solution
An autonomous agricultural carrier vehicle with a frame construction and steerable chassis, equipped with environmental sensors and a control device connected to a position determination system, allowing for position-dependent working instructions and eliminating the need for an additional towing vehicle and operator during field work.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple field robots are used to achieve high effectiveness, then productivity increases, but costs and maintenance complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the towing vehicle and agricultural implement into a single integrated autonomous carrier vehicle. The chassis serves dual purposes: providing mobility for the vehicle and serving as the structural base for mounting the agricultural implement. This merging eliminates the need for separate towing vehicles and multiple field robots, reducing maintenance complexity while maintaining productivity through autonomous operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If autonomous towing vehicles with separate implements are used, then versatility is improved, but device complexity and susceptibility to failure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier vehicle is designed with a universal mounting apparatus that can accommodate different types of agricultural implements. The chassis and frame construction provide a standardized interface for attaching various implements, allowing a single autonomous vehicle to perform multiple farming tasks. This multi-functionality achieves versatility without requiring separate specialized vehicles for each task, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
3Reliability
If towing vehicles and implements are equipped with separate sensors and control devices, then reliability is improved through redundancy, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor systems and control devices are integrated into a single unified autonomous control system on the carrier vehicle. Environmental sensors, position determination systems, and control devices are consolidated on one platform rather than distributed across separate towing vehicles and implements. This integration maintains safety and reliability through centralized monitoring and control while significantly reducing the overall complexity of sensors and control devices required in the system.
4Ease of operation
If self-propelled agricultural machinery with partial autonomy is used, then ease of operation is improved, but personnel savings are limited due to required operator presence
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier vehicle is equipped with autonomous navigation capabilities including environmental sensors, position determination systems, and integrated control devices that enable the vehicle to operate independently without operator intervention. The system can autonomously navigate, monitor its environment, detect obstacles, and control the agricultural implement, achieving full automation and complete personnel savings while maintaining ease of operation through automated decision-making and control.
Data Source
AI summary
An autonomous agricultural carrier vehicle, for carrying an agricultural implement includes a chassis with steerable wheels or tracks attached to a frame, wherein the frame includes a mounting apparatus for connection to the agricultural implement. The vehicle further includes an environmental sensor system for determining obstacles or elements present in the vicinity of the carrier vehicle and a control device for controlling the carrier vehicle or the at least one implement, wherein the control device is connected to a position determination system that captures and issues a position to create an autonomous agricultural carrier vehicle with which the impact force is not reduced. No additional tractor vehicle is needed for the implement and no operator is necessary during field work, wherein it is provided that position-dependent working instructions for the carrier vehicle are preferably stored in the control device.