1. General aspects of software engineering in agricultural machines 2. Software applications in tractors – present overview 2.1.Basic control functions 2.2.Human Machine Interface 2.3.Automatic functions 2.4.Data Management 2.5.Service and Support 3. Economical requirements for software in agricultural machines 3.1.Challenges for software design 3.2.Strategies and principles for software design...

Fatalities associated with farm tractors are the most common cause of work-related death in the U.S. agricultural industry (1). To characterize farm-tractor-related fatalities in Kentucky, the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (KY FACE) Project studied all fatal farm injuries occurring among persons in that state during 1994, the initial year of operation for FACE in Kentucky....

INTRODUCTION Patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) for injuries resulting from recreational activities represent a unique source of information on important directions for injury prevention efforts. We describe the epidemiology of non-motorized wheeled activity-related injury in pediatric patients presenting to Canadian EDs as well as patients' helmet use. METHODS Data for the yea...

The synthesis and single-molecule imaging of two inherently fluorescent nanocars equipped with adamantane wheels is reported. The nanocars were imaged using 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) as the chromophore, which was rigidly incorporated into the nanocar chassis via Sonogashira cross-coupling chemistry that permitted the synthesis of nanocars having different geometries. I...

This paper deals with the benefits and drawbacks of hexapods in Wheeled Mobile Driving Simulators. Therefore, a large and a small hexapod are considered and investigated in regard to their potential to reduce power, energy, and workspace demand of a Wheeled Mobile Driving Simulator. This is done by employing the hexapod for representing horizontal acceleration cues. Furthermore, the hexapod may...

To address the issue of safely accessing and securing wheeled mobility devices in motor vehicles, more information characterizing current-production devices was needed. In a recent effort, frame characteristics of wheeled mobility devices were defined and a database developed for recording characteristics relevant to access and securement. A representative number of devices have been surveyed t...

For their inherent stability and simple dynamics of motion, wheeled robots are very common in robotics applications. Many highly complex robots are being developed in research laboratories, but wheeled robots remain the most used robot in real-world situations. One of the most significant downfalls of wheeled robots is their inability to navigate over large obstacles or steps without assistance...

Recent advances in Agricultural Engineering include image processing, robotics and geographic information systems (GIS). Some tasks are still accomplished manually, like drawing plantation lines that optimize productivity. Herewith we present an algorithm to find the optimal plantation lines in linear time. The algorithm is based upon classical results of Geometry which enabled a source code wi...

Dynamics and control of mobile manipulators is obviously a more challenging problem compared to fixed-base robots. Including a suspension system for these mobile platforms increases their maneuverability, but considerably adds to their complexity. In this paper, a suspended wheeled mobile platform with two 6-DOF Puma-type manipulators is used to manipulate an object along a given path. To apply...

As far as the system of two-wheeled machine is concerned, incorporating a linear actuator to the intermediate body (IB) of two wheeled vehicles has not presented in literature before. This paper investigates development, modeling and control of a novel design of a two wheeled vehicle with additional mobility features allowing an attached payload to move vertically while maintaining the entire s...