Hyperconnected Logistic Platform for Heavy-Duty Machinery: Leveraging Physical Internet Principles to Drive the Composting Industry

M Cichocki, AV Barenji, B Montreuil, C Landschützer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Physical Internet (PI) envisions a global logistics system that integrates physical, digital
and operational connections. This study aims to develop a hyperconnected logistic platform …

Bridging GNSS Outages with IMU and Odometry: A Case Study for Agricultural Vehicles

E Reitbauer, C Schmied - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, many precision farming applications rely on the use of GNSS-RTK. However,
when it comes to autonomous agricultural vehicles, GNSS cannot be used as a stand-alone …

Development of a Sharing Concept for Industrial Compost Turners Using Model-Based Systems Engineering, under Consideration of Technical and Logistical Aspects

M Cichocki, C Landschützer, H Hick - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The trend of sharing concepts is constantly increasing, whether this may be for economic or
environmental reasons. Consequently, numerous scientific research works have addressed …

[PDF][PDF] Multi-Sensor Positioning for the Automatic Steering of Tracked Agricultural Vehicles

EM Reitbauer - 2022 - graz.elsevierpure.com
Automatic steering systems for agricultural machinery are among the main
revenuegenerating applications of the global GNSS downstream market and their …

Automated Route Planning from LiDAR Point Clouds for Agricultural Applications

F Theurl, C Schmied, E Reitbauer, M Wieser - Engineering Proceedings, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper develops an algorithm to compute optimal routes for an autonomous compost
turner. In commercial composting, the material to be composted is piled up in large heaps …

Autonomous navigation module for tracked compost turners

E Reitbauer, C Schmied… - 2020 European Navigation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In windrow composting, the most common method of commercial composting, heaps of bio-
waste are turned periodically with compost turners to ensure aeration. Operating compost …

Design, Technical Development, and Evaluation of an Autonomous Compost Turner: An Approach towards Smart Composting

M Cichocki, E Buchmayer, F Theurl, C Schmied - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
In a sustainable circular economy, the composting of organic waste plays an essential role.
This paper presents the design and technical development of a smart and self-driving …