Work machine implement control for autonomous subterranean surveying and marking applications

Abstract

A work machine comprises or otherwise has associated therewith a subterranean monitoring sensor, such as a ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic locator, etc. During a subterranean monitoring operation, movements of the work machine may be controlled according to a defined traverse plan, e.g., associated with electronic worksite maps. A controller for the work machine, a remote server, or the like may detect subterranean objects via output signals from the subterranean monitoring sensor, and automatically map parameters associated with detected objects to respective locations in the electronic worksite map. In addition, or alternatively, the controller may automatically generate visual marks on the surface of the terrain corresponding to identified locations of the subterranean objects, based on currently and/or previously identified locations. In some embodiments, data from multiple monitoring operations may be aggregated in data storage and utilized for subsequent earth working operations by generating worksite maps having the object data mapped thereto.