Concrete drum control, property prediction, and monitoring systems and methods

A vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• an engine coupled to the chassis;
• a drum assembly coupled to the chassis, the drum assembly including:
• a drum configured to receive drum contents including at least one of ingredients or a mixture;
• and
• a drive system coupled to the engine and the drum, the drive system configured to rotate the drum to agitate the drum contents;
• and
• a control system having one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• operate the drive system at a target drive speed;
• receive an indication regarding anticipated operation of the vehicle at a location ahead of the vehicle;
• and
• preemptively adjust the target drive speed of the drive system at least one of prior to reaching or as approaching the location based on the indication;
• wherein the indication includes at least one of:
• a future road attribute at the location ahead of the vehicle;
• or
• at least one of an anticipated acceleration or an anticipated deceleration of the vehicle.

A vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• a drum assembly coupled to the chassis, the drum assembly including:
• a drum configured to receive drum contents;
• and
• a drive system coupled to the drum, the drive system configured to rotate the drum to agitate the drum contents;
• and
• a control system having one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• acquire an initial property of the drum contents at an initial location;
• receive a target property for the drum contents;
• operate the drive system at a first drive speed;
• estimate a current property of the drum contents at a current location without using a sensor that is positioned to acquire data from the drum contents, wherein the current property is estimated based on (i) the initial property of the drum contents, (ii) rotations of the drum between the initial location and the current location at the first speed, and (iii) at least one of (a) an adjustment performed with the drum assembly during transit between the initial location and the current location, (b) environment data, or (c) GPS data;
• adjust the first drive speed of the drive system to a second drive speed based on the target property for the drum contents, the current property of the drum contents, and at least one of (i) the environment data or (ii) the GPS data.