System and method for remotely controlling machine operations using mapping information

A method for controlling operations of machines, comprising:

• determining a first type of first machine performing a set of first physical operations in a work environment;
• determining a second type of second machine performing a set of second physical operations in the work environment;
• determining a selected physical operation from the set of second physical operations that the first machine can control by analyzing mapping information that includes the first machine type and the second machine type and correlates the first machine type, the second machine type, and one or more physical operations of the set of second physical operations;
• and
• adjusting, by the first work machine, the selected second physical operation while the first machine performs the set of first physical operations.

A system in a first machine performing first physical operations, comprising:

• a memory including a data structure storing mapping information that includes a correlation of machine types of a first and second machine to physical operations of the first and second machines;
• and
• a processor configured to receive identifier information from a second machine reflecting at least the type of the second machine and configured to analyze the data structure based on the identifier information to determine a selected physical operation of the second machine that the first machine is authorized to control,
• wherein the first machine is configured to control the selected physical operation of the second machine while performing the first physical operations.

A system for controlling operations of machines, comprising:

• means for determining a first type of first machine performing first physical operations in a work environment;
• means for determining a second type of second machine performing second physical operations in the work environment;
• means for determining a selected second physical operation that the first machine can control based on the first and second type of the first and second machines, respectively, and based on an operator profile of the operator of the first machine and an operator profile of the operator of the second machine;
• and
• means for adjusting, in the first machine, the selected second physical operation while the first machine performs the first physical operations.