Inventors:
Darin S. Motz - Pekin IL
Michael D. Staub - Washington IL
Elliott E. Plumer - Trivoli IL
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL
International Classification:
G05D 100
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing autoguidance for a plurality of agricultural machines. Each agricultural machine has a work implement attached to it. The method includes the steps of determining a reference path by a first agricultural machine, communicating the location of the reference path to each remaining agricultural machine, and determining a plurality of desired paths parallel to the reference path by each of the plurality of agricultural machines. Each plurality of desired paths is determined as a function of the width of the corresponding work implement for each respective agricultural machine.