1999 Volume 61 Issue 6 Pages 141-147
The automatic follow-up vehicle system (AFVS) is presented. In order to save time and labor in farming, the AFVS allows one operator to utilize more than two machines simultaneously. In this system a computer-controlled vehicle chases the operator-controlled vehicle. Ultrasonic sensors are used to measure the relative position between vehicles (Part 1). The sensors were mounted on two head-feeding combines. Chase experiments by combines were performed on the road. The presented AFVS successfully demonstrated high accuracy regardless of offset.
