Integrated platform and common software structural architecture for autonomous agricultural vehicle and machinery operation

A system for integrating one or more machines to autonomously perform an agricultural activity, comprising:

• a computing environment including at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions stored therein and a computer processor operable to execute the program instructions to configure operation of one or more machines in an autonomous performance of an agricultural activity within a common operating system, within a plurality of data processing modules that include:
• a cloud-side interface module configured to initialize the one or more machines for the autonomous performance of the agricultural activity in a cloud-side system interface, the cloud-side system interface configured to perform one or more of account management, centralized data storage for field data and sensor data collected by the one or more machines, pairing of the one or more machines for the autonomous performance of the agricultural activity, and machine configuration management, and
• an executive control module configured to coordinate a syncing of operating systems between the one or more machines in an executive control layer, the executive control layer configured to integrate operational functions that include messaging, safety supervision, in-field mission control, path planning, field setup, and location mapping for a geographical location that includes a particular field in which the one or more machines operate, to develop the common operating system for the one or more machines;
• a vehicle interface module configured to integrate physical interfaces for additional operational functions for controlling a movement and a speed of the one or more machines in the common operating system, the additional operational functions including one or more of steering, braking, changing a speed, and changing a gear;
• a communications module configured to communicate messages between the one or more machines and between at least one machine and a cloud-based network, using a plurality of messaging protocols selected by a network availability, wherein a network includes one or more of a radio network, a Wi-Fi network, a cellular network, or a broadband network;
• a perception and safety module configured to analyze input data collected by a plurality of sensors configured with the one or more machines to detect and classify one or more objects in a field of view and determine a response to a presence of the one or more objects by the one or more machines in the autonomous performance of the agricultural activity;
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• a user interface module configured to compile system data during an application of the common operating system to the one or more machines representing the autonomous performance of the agricultural activity and display the system data within a user interface layer to enable an operator to execute one or more field operations in the autonomous performance of the agricultural activity using the one or more machines over the common operating system.