System for automatically loading a scraper

A system for controlling an implement operatively associated with a scraper bowl configured to contain material separated from a surface of material by the implement, comprising:

• an actuator configured to affect movement of the implement with respect to the surface of material;
• a first operator interface device configured to establish a parameter indicative of an operators desire to affect manual control of the implement;
• a plurality of sensors;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• selectively receive a first signal indicative of an actuation of the first operator interface device and receive a plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors,
• determine an amount of slip associated with the scraper bowl with respect to the surface of the material as a function of the plurality of signals,
• determine a first parameter as a function of at least the first signal and the determined amount of slip, and
• affect control of the actuator as a function of the determined first parameter.

A scraper comprising:

• at least one tractor having at least one traction device configured to support the tractor with respect to a surface;
• at least one bowl having an implement configured to separate material from the surface;
• a plurality of sensors configured to respectively sense operating parameters of the scraper;
• a plurality of operator interface devices configured to respectively affect an operation associated with the scraper;
• and
• a controller configured to receive signals from the plurality of sensors and the plurality of operator interface devices and configured to:
• determine an amount of slip of the scraper with respect to the surface,
• determine an amount of error between a desired slip of the scraper and the determined slip,
• determine if an operator desires manual control of the implement,
• determine an operating factor of the desired operation of the scraper, and
• determine a control command as a function of the determined slip, error, the operator desire for manual control of the implement, and operating factor, the control command configured to affect control of the implement with respect to the surface.