May 31, 2011 , by

Public Summary Month 5/2011

  • The specifications of the mechatronic system to perform master-slave operation have been defined.
  • We are working on equipping the master tractor with RTK-DGPS based steering assistance. We successfully developed and tested the low-level wheel angle control. The high level path following control has been developed and was tested successfully in a field test.
  • We worked out the design of the hardware platform for the master module. Arrangements regarding delivery and interfacing of our future slave tractor have been worked out together with the manufacturer.
  • The software framework has been defined.
  • The design of the data-logging application has been incorporated in the software framework design. The data-logging has been implemented in the master guidance system. 24 variables are logged by the system.
  • We worked on organizational issues to perform data logging of the master module. Data logging of the tractor following a path in a field was performed successfully. A video of the replayed data of the path following in simulation has been published on the website of Tyker Technology (www.tyker.com/?page_id=95).
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