Caterpillar Inc.

Seth J Rodenbo

Kenneth Lee Stratton

Michael Allen Taylor

Mo Wei

Thandava Krishna Edara

Troy Kenneth Becicka

Matthew Edward Kontz

A computer-implemented method for automatically detecting a need for a ripping pass to be performed by a machine along a work surface is provided. The method may include monitoring one or more of machine parameters of the machine and profile parameters of the work surface, determining whether one or more predefined trigger conditions suggestive of the need for the ripping pass are met based on the machine parameters and the profile parameters, and generating a ripping pass request if one or more of the trigger conditions are satisfied.

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Metamora, IL, United States of America

Seth J Rodenbo