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Collaborative Project: Development of an adaptive control system for tractors, which adjusts itself independently via ISO bus and offers tractor manufacturers the possibility to integrate control elements and modules in their own design using a modular system. The configuration of the armrest can be determined by the implement manufacturer - subproject B (aISA20)

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Project code: 28ZDP08B20
Contract period: 01.01.2021 - 28.02.2024
Budget: 214,946 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: process quality, agricultural engineering, data management, digital world, occupational health and safety, labour economy, data collection, information-communicationtechnology

The aISA 2.0 research project is based on a fully functional prototype of an adaptive operating armrest for agricultural tractors from the project aISA 1.0. This operating armrest adapts optimally to the respective operating scenario or implement. An extension and verification of the operating scenarios and a categorisation of all functions is necessary to get from the prototype stage to series development stage. By means of a suitable method development, which specifically matches to adaptive interface systems and modalities, the prototype status is iteratively expanded to series production readiness. On the basis of a methodical categorization of all possible functions that may be relevant in the combination of agricultural tractor and any kind of implement, a preselection or design recommendation is developed with regard to positioning, arrangement, type of actuation and modality of the functions in the interface system. In the fu-ture, the ideal relationship between real and virtual interface elements will offer a high degree of usability in operation through system or user-initiated adaptivity to the user. The interface communication between implement and tractor will be developed in the project to create a reliable standardized connection. The adaptive interface needs this to transfer the requirements of the implement to the positioning and arrangement of the operating armrest and to configure it accordingly. Each of the five project partners contributes its expertise to the project. The project objective is to develop market-ready, modular, haptic and adaptive control elements. These are implemented in a tractor manufacturer-specific design. The preconfiguration can be done by the implement manufacturer via the ISOBUS. The new control elements interact with the virtual interfaces in the tractor and enable a high usability to operate the implement functions. A project homepage and various publications will document the progress and results of the project over

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