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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Haruhiko Harry Asada, Lincoln, MA (US);
Filippos Edward Sotiropoulos, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/20 (2006.01); E02F 3/32 (2006.01); E02F 3/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/2041 (2013.01); E02F 3/32 (2013.01); E02F 3/439 (2013.01); E02F 9/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems related to operating an excavator during a digging cycle are described. In some embodiments, a nominal path of a bucket connected to one or more linkages of the excavator may be commanded. A correction to the commanded nominal path may be applied to maximize a power applied by at least one of the one or more linkages of the excavator during at least a portion of the digging cycle.