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Electrification and Driver Assist Technology in the ZF Innovation Tractor

Electrification and Driver Assist Technology in the ZF Innovation Tractor C OVER STORY Electrification and Driver Assist Technology in the ZF Innovation Tractor ZF bundles innovative driving and assistance functions in its Innovation Tractor 2016 concept vehicle and demonstrates how driver assistance systems and electric drives can also add value for off-highway applications. The objective is to make agriculture more efficient and enhance safety. The test vehicle based on a standard tractor is equipped with cameras that monitor its surroundings. The data from these cameras is then utilised to enable the vehicle to manoeuvre semi-autonomously or via mobile devices operated outside the driver’s cab. Driveline electrification in the tractor comes courtesy of the powerful ZF Terra+ generator module, which in combination with electric single-wheel drives on the trailer or implements as well as a specially developed traction controller ensure optimum off-road manoeuvrability. © ZF A U T HOR S Dr. Manuel Götz is Head of Advanced Engineering in the Industrial Technology Division at ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Friedrichshafen (Germany). Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Gumpoltsberger is Head of Testing and Innovation FIGURE 1 Various camera systems Management in Corporate record the Innovation Tractor’s Advanced Engineering entire surroundings (© ZF) at ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Friedrichshafen (Germany). ZF can serve the megatrend “autono- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ATZoffhighway worldwide Springer Journals

Electrification and Driver Assist Technology in the ZF Innovation Tractor

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2016 by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
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Engineering; Automotive Engineering
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C OVER STORY Electrification and Driver Assist Technology in the ZF Innovation Tractor ZF bundles innovative driving and assistance functions in its Innovation Tractor 2016 concept vehicle and demonstrates how driver assistance systems and electric drives can also add value for off-highway applications. The objective is to make agriculture more efficient and enhance safety. The test vehicle based on a standard tractor is equipped with cameras that monitor its surroundings. The data from these cameras is then utilised to enable the vehicle to manoeuvre semi-autonomously or via mobile devices operated outside the driver’s cab. Driveline electrification in the tractor comes courtesy of the powerful ZF Terra+ generator module, which in combination with electric single-wheel drives on the trailer or implements as well as a specially developed traction controller ensure optimum off-road manoeuvrability. © ZF A U T HOR S Dr. Manuel Götz is Head of Advanced Engineering in the Industrial Technology Division at ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Friedrichshafen (Germany). Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Gumpoltsberger is Head of Testing and Innovation FIGURE 1 Various camera systems Management in Corporate record the Innovation Tractor’s Advanced Engineering entire surroundings (© ZF) at ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Friedrichshafen (Germany). ZF can serve the megatrend “autono-

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Published: Nov 1, 2016

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