Method for an electronic controlled platooning system of agricultural vehicles

ICVES 2009 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 156-161

  Zhang, X ^a   Geimer, M ^a   Grandl, L ^b   Kammerbauer, B ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AGCO Corporation   (Germany)

^c Geo konzept GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomous agricultural vehicle; Inter vehicle communication; Navigation and control; Vehicular safety

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE; AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; INTER-VEHICLE-COMMUNICATION; NAVIGATION AND CONTROL; VEHICULAR SAFETY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLERS; CURVE FITTING; NAVIGATION; TRACTORS (TRUCK); VEHICLES;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 77950009118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICVES.2009.5400187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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