Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh

Leica Geosystems Technology A/s

Mikrofyn A/s

Lars Kjaergaard

Anders Lindskov

Michael Goulet Kean

Sean Costello

Claus Joergensen

Pierluigi Micarelli

Adnan Kanaan

A controller for an excavating machine, comprising a tool, an arm, a set of sensors and a chassis. The sensors being configured to provide data regarding a pose of the tool. The controller comprising an input interface and a computing unit. The input interface is configured to receive operator steering commands. The computing unit is configured to read a design model, comprising two interconnected polygons defining a breakline and to reference the pose of the tool to the design model. The controller is configured for performing a semi-automatic breakline-transition. The semi-automatic breakline-transition function including identifying a breakline-transition move based on the operator steering commands and the pose of the tool with respect to the breakline and generating operator steering command adjustment commands, based on the pose of the tool and the operator steering commands, in order to align the tool to the breakline.

System for handling the seamless transition of breaklines during an excavation task

A system for controlling movement of multiple links of an excavator can move a tool at the end of an excavator arm. The system includes a sensor data interface configured to receive sensor data for determining relative orientations of the multiple links with respect to each other, and a surface setting unit configured to access design data defining a reference surface. The system has a remapping unit configured to remap a user command for moving two links with respect to each other about a corresponding joint to a rotatory tool degree of freedom. The system then coordinates output signals, such that as a function of the remapped user command the tool is rotated within the associated rotatory tool degree of freedom, without the need that an operator coordinates underlying joint movements.

System for remapping a control signal for excavator arm movement to a rotatory degree of freedom of a tool

Automatic height control of a dozer blade, the input from the slow absolute height sensor is combined with an input from a gyroscope that measures the instant rotation and recalculates it into a vertical height change using the length of the supporting arms. The combination obtains the accuracy of the absolute height information and an increased speed of measurement resulting in a compensated height estimate that is input to a hydraulic control system of the feedback type. This enables much more aggressive control even though the hydraulic system has an unknown linearity and delay associated with it. The gyroscopic sensor forms an IMU with one degree of freedom to compensate for drawbacks of the absolute height sensor with regard to delay, noise and update rate to obtain a frequent, time-correct height position with a reduced level of noise by means of a calculation based on both types of sensor output.

Apparatus and a method for height control for a dozer blade

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