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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Thandava K. Edara, Peoria, IL (US);
Michael Taylor, Swissvale, PA (US);
Mo Wei, Dunlap, IL (US);
Troy K. Becicka, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Daniel Stanek, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a machine at a work site includes a prime mover, a ground-engaging drive mechanism to propel the machine, and a plurality of sensors. A controller generates propulsion commands to propel the machine about the work site in an autonomous or semi-autonomous manner and determines a plurality of performance characteristics of the machine. The controller further determines whether the plurality of performance characteristics meet a plurality of performance thresholds and generates an alert command if any of the plurality of performance characteristics do not meet the plurality of performance thresholds.