Control systems and methods to optimize machine placement for additive construction operations

A method for optimizing positioning of a machine and an implement associated with the machine, the implement configured for performing an additive construction operation, at a worksite, in accordance with a pre-determined implement control plan, the machine having a machine configuration, the machine configuration including an implement range of motion and a machine footprint, the method comprising:

• determining positioning signals associated with, at least, a terrain of the worksite and any worksite objects existing thereon;
• determining an available zone, within the worksite, in which the machine and implement are capable of executing the additive construction operations within the available zone, and determining of the available zone is based, at least, on the positioning signals and the pre-determined implement control plan;
• determining an operation zone, relative to a desired additive construction site on the worksite, within the available zone, parameters of the operation zone being configured based, at least in part, on the available zone, the machine configuration, and the pre-determined implement control plan;
• and
• directing the implement to perform the additive construction operation in accordance with the pre-determined implement control plan.

A system for performing additive construction operations on a worksite, the additive construction operations associated with a pre-determined implement control plan, the system comprising:

• an implement configured to additively construct a structure in accordance with the pre-determined implement control plan;
• a machine including:
• one or more control actuators operatively associated with the implement, each of the one or more actuators configured to position the additive construction implement, with respect to the machine, the one or more implement control actuators being capable of positioning the additive construction implement based on a machine configuration for the machine, the machine configuration including an implement range of motion and a machine footprint;
• one or more ground engaging devices configured to propel the machine upon the worksite;
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• a power source providing power to at least one of the one or more implement control actuators and the one or more ground engaging devices, to perform functions of the machine;
• a positioning system configured to determine positioning signals associated with, at least, a terrain of the worksite and any worksite objects existing thereon;
• a controller, including a processor, operatively associated with the machine and the implement, and configured to:
• receive the positioning signals and machine positioning signals from the positioning system;
• determine an available zone, within the worksite, in which the machine and additive construction implement are capable of executing the additive construction operations within the available zone, based, at least, on the positioning signals and the pre-determined implement control plans;
• determine an operation zone, relative to a desired additive construction site on the worksite, within the available zone, parameters of the operation zone based, at least in part, on the available zone, the machine configuration and the pre-determined implement control plan;
• direct the one or more ground engaging devices of the machine to position the machine within the operation zone prior to executing the pre-determined implement control plan;
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• direct the one or more control actuators of the machine to control the implement for performing the additive construction operations in accordance with the pre-determined implement control plan.