Autonomous Agricultural System Including a Cart Management System for Monitoring and Managing an Unloading Operation and Determining Fills Levels of a Trailer and Related Methods

Abstract

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system. The cart is operably coupled to an agricultural vehicle of the autonomous agricultural system. The cart management system includes an array of sensors mounted on at least one the agricultural vehicle or the cart; at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the cart management system to: responsive to a commencement of an unloading operation by an auger of an unloading system of the cart into a trailer of a transport vehicle, track at least one of time or actuator actions; and responsive a predetermined amount of time elapsing or a predetermined number of actuator actions occurring, cause the autonomous agricultural system to move relative to the transport vehicle or terminating the unloading operation.

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