The innovation enables safe and efficient operation of autonomous vehicles in agriculture, road banks and motorways, field management and other public areas. Using GPS for guidance, it is ideal for repetitive tasks like roadside grass cutting, golf courses, business and solar parks. The track lines can be programmed into the system either manually or with a PC and saved in memory to repeat the task in the future. The official award will be presented at the world’s leading trade fair AGRITECHNICA from 27.02. – 05.03.2022 in Hanover.
Mario Di Biase, founder of MDB Srl says “This joint project demonstrates best-in-class leadership in the industry for the evolution of the radio-controlled tractor sector. In the first evolution of this sector, we have removed the operator from the machine to provide safety and to reduce physical stress. In this second evolution, we are achieving reduced operator workloads for repetitive tasks through autonomous driving.”
Wolfgang Vogt, from VOGT GmbH, says “We have heard intense interest from our end users in a commercially available autonomous driving Green Climber machines that can perform these repetitive tasks and reduce workload on the operator to make their resources more efficient.”
Dr. Thomas Pohlmann, from REICHHARDT says, “We are proud to be part of this consortium as we have led the industry in the development of autonomous driving with agricultural tractors and are applying this to an adjacent industry for specialized heavy use vehicles.”
Thomas Roels, Head of Sales and Member of General Management at HBC-radiomatic GmbH says: “For decades, our products have been setting the standards for the safe control of machines. We are very happy that we were able to implement an optimal solution for the high requirements in this project with our leading technologies in the area of functional safety.”
Sections of the lens are coated with liquid crystal polymer. These are individually cross-linked and controlled, and therefore provide infinitely variable, targeted bundling or scattering of the light. The change between far-field and near-field lighting is infinitely variable within milliseconds. There is no wear and tear due to complex mechanics. This provides exact, storable lighting profiles for all device combinations and operating conditions. State-of-the-art lighting technology also allows continuous adjustment of the light intensity. ISOBUS-compatible, operation takes place via an ISO-VT as well as wirelessly via mobile terminals and is thus open for apps and further functionalities.
Andreas Reichhardt, the managing partner, is convinced: “By networking vehicle and implement, work areas can be illuminated in a targeted manner. When the implement is changed, the light profile changes automatically. Wireless M2M communication allows the light profiles of several vehicles to mesh. SMART AgLIGHT thus avoids direct and indirect glare and ensures perfect lighting conditions at all times with all the benefits for man, machine and the environment.”
SMART AgLIGHT has a compact design and is easy to install on any vehicle and implements. Separate headlights for close-range and long-range lighting are no longer required. The new working light system by Reichhardt can therefore be integrated by vehicle manufacturers at any time.
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Innovative Smart Farming application that can be used on mobile devices and terminals.