2nd International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance

Abstract

The importance of 3D-position sensors for the navigation of machinery on construction sites of roads, tunnels, railways, and airports has been steadily increasing over the last few years and the market keeps growing. Also, in the field of agricultural GPS-based applications, such as machine guidance, parallel tracking and yield mapping, new methods are introduced. The main goal of the 1st International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance was to initiate the discussion of these topics among academics, researchers, system and service providers as well as users. The idea was to start a new conference series. The positive feedback on the first conference confirms the great interest on the topic of Machine Control & Guidance. As a consequence, the MCGconference is now held for the second time. This year, the conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn. Because of the traditional relationship between the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation the agricultural applications are one focus of the conference. Further thematic highlights of the 2nd Conference on Machine Control & Guidance are: - Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) - Multi-Sensor-Systems - System Control and Management - Intelligent Mobile Machines - Agricultural Applications The organisers look forward to a variety of presentations, which will bring about fruitful discussions. Thus, this meeting will be a good opportunity to strengthen interdisciplinary cooperations between all participating communities. Finally, we would like to thank all authors, attendees and interested persons for their individual contributions.