Earth-moving machine sensing and control system

A work machine system comprising:

• an earth scraper machine comprising:
• a blade that is movable to adjust a dig depth into a terrain during a dig cycle;
• a container to receive earth material from the blade;
• a fill sensor to output fill signals indicative of fill states of the container;
• a consumption sensor to output a consumption signal indicative of consumption of a resource;
• and
• a control system to:
• receive a cost factor for the resource;
• determine a fill target for the container based on the cost factor, the consumption signal and the fill signals;
• and
• generate a machine control signal based on the target fill level.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• obtaining a cost factor for a resource;
• sensing consumption of the resource;
• sensing fill level states for a container of an earth-moving work machine;
• determining a target fill level for the container based on the cost factor, changes in the consumption of the resource and corresponding changes in the fill level states;
• and
• generating a machine control signal based on the fill target.