System and method for autonomous electric tillage implement
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorRamesh Chandra Mokkarala
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Abstract
A tillage implement may include at least one electric motor coupled to a ground engaging tool, a power storage component configured to store power and to provide the power to the at least one electric motor, and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one electric motor and the power storage component. The controller comprises a memory and a processor and the controller may provide instructions to the at least one electric motor to adjust a rotational speed of the ground engaging tool, an angle of the ground engaging tool relative to a soil surface, or both.
Claims20
A tillage implement, comprising:
- at least one electric motor coupled to a ground engaging tool;
- a power storage component configured to store power and to provide the power to the at least one electric motor;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one electric motor and the power storage component, wherein the controller comprises a memory and a processor, and the controller is configured to:
- provide instructions to the at least one electric motor to adjust a rotational speed of the ground engaging tool, an angle of the ground engaging tool relative to a soil surface, or both.
A method for operating an autonomous tillage implement, the method comprising:
- accessing, using a processor, target operational characteristics for a plurality of ground engaging tools of the autonomous tillage implement;
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- executing, using the processor, one or more autonomous driving algorithms to provide instructions to a plurality of electric motors to adjust the plurality of ground engaging tools to steer the autonomous tillage implement through a field and to maintain the plurality of ground engaging tools at the target operational characteristics to carry out tillage operations as the autonomous tillage implement travels through the field.
An autonomous tillage implement, comprising:
- a power storage component coupled to a frame of the autonomous tillage implement and configured to store power;
- a plurality of ground engaging tools coupled to the frame;
- a plurality of electric motors, wherein each electric motor of the plurality of electric motors coupled to the power storage component and a respective ground engaging tool of the plurality of ground engaging tools;
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- a controller coupled to the power storage component and the plurality of electric motors, and comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- provide respective instructions to each electric motor of the plurality of electric motors to independently adjust a respective rotational speed of the respective ground engaging tool of the plurality of ground engaging tool, a respective angle of the respective ground engaging tool of the plurality of ground engaging tools, or both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.