Excavator boom and excavating implement automatic state logic

An excavator comprising:

• an excavator boom;
• an excavator stick configured to curl relative to the excavator boom;
• an excavating implement mechanically coupled to a terminal point of the excavator stick;
• and
• control architecture, wherein the control architecture comprises one or more actuators and one or more controllers, and the one or more controllers are configured to execute instructions to
• determine there is a request to operate the excavating implement in automatics mode,
• receive target design surface data representing a target design surface of an excavating operation,
• receive an implement angle θ representing an operating angle of the excavating implement relative to the target design surface,
• determine whether the implement angle θ is within an activation angle α, wherein the activation angle α represents an angle within which operation of the excavating implement in the automatics mode is permissible,
• determine whether the implement angle θ is outside of a deactivation angle β, wherein the deactivation angle β is outside of the activation angle α, and represents an angle outside of which operation of the excavating implement in the automatics mode is not permissible subsequent to the automatics mode activation in response to the implement angle θ being within the activation angle α,
• activate the excavating implement in the automatics mode based on the determination (i) the implement angle θ is within the activation angle α, and (ii) the implement angle θ is within the deactivation angle β, and
• deactivate operation of the excavating implement from the automatics mode based on the determination (i) the implement angle θ is outside of the deactivation angle β and (ii) subsequent to the automatics mode activation.