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Constructive Design of an Electromechanical Drawbar for Transporting Autonomous Field Robots

Large fully autonomous field robots must be transported to their deployment location, usually with towing vehicles or transport trailers. Due to high logistical and personnel expenses, significant costs arise. An electro-mechanical drawbar could optimize the transport process by coupling a towing vehicle with the field robot with (almost) no force required. A measurement system captures the driving movements of the towing vehicle and generates control signals for the field robots. In combination with the effect of a spring-damper system in the drawbar, hardly any traction and...