Autonomous Agricultural System Including a Cart Management System for Automatically Aligning a Cart of the Autonomous Agricultural System According to a Length and a Position of an Auger of the Cart and Related Methods

A method of monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system, the cart being operably coupled to an agricultural vehicle of the autonomous agricultural system, the method comprising:

• capturing, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of the cart and an auger system of an unloading system of the cart;
• analyzing the captured sensor data to determine at least one of a length of an auger of the auger system and an orientation of the auger system;
• based on the determined length of the auger of the auger system and the determined orientation of the auger of the auger system, determining an aligned position of the cart relative to a transport vehicle;
• and
• responsive to determining the aligned position, causing the cart to automatically align with the transport vehicle.

A cart management system for monitoring and controlling operation of a cart of an autonomous agricultural system, the cart being operably coupled to an agricultural vehicle of the autonomous agricultural system, the cart management system comprising:

• an array of sensors mounted proximate or on an end of the agricultural vehicle facing 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:
• capture, via the array of sensors and in real-time, sensor data of the cart and an auger system of an unloading system of the cart;
• analyze the captured sensor data to determine at least one of a length of an auger of the auger system and an orientation of the auger system;
• based on the determined length of the auger of the auger system and the determined orientation of the auger of the auger system, determine an aligned position of the cart relative to a transport vehicle;
• and
• responsive to determining the aligned position, cause the cart to automatically align with the transport vehicle.