Sensor-in-the-loop tractor stability control: Look-ahead attitude prediction and field tests

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Kise, M ^a   Zhang, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

3D terrain map; Roll and pitch; Stereovision; Tractor rollover; Vehicle motion simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; SENSORS; STEREO VISION;

3D TERRAIN MAP; ROLL AND PITCH; TRACTOR ROLLOVER; VEHICLE MOTION SIMULATION;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION;

MOTION; SENSORS; TRACTORS;

EID: 33646076236     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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