> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://2024.istvs.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://2024.istvs.org/submissions/papers/9747.md). # 9747 / Application Of A Rockie Bogie Suspension For A New Type Of Sugar Cane Transport System ## Authors Jorge Lopera {% hint style="info" %} Paper presented at ISTVS 2024 | 21st International and 12th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS\ Keywords: Agricultural Equipment; Sugar cane transport; Rockie bogie suspension\ {% endhint %} ## Abstract The rockie-bogie suspension arm is a topic fully studied for experimental rovers (Nildeep Patel, 2010), (Weihua Li, 2013). These types of suspensions allow vehicles to increase the stability and move across with multiple obstacles on the ground. It has been tested this suspension system for some academic studies for the agricultural research topics, but it doesn’t have yet an industrial deployed application for agriculture sector. The agricultural sector is looking for solutions to increase the productivity without harming the environment and improve the health of soils. This global challenge must be faced with improved technological developments. For instance, the sugar cane industry at Colombia, South America has challenges to adopt new technological system to complain about. At the Cauca River Valley (24MTon/year sugar cane production), 75% of the fields to harvester and transport the sugar cane stalks is used with commercial harvesters and a system of trailers to move the sugar cane from the field to the mill factories. The main surface it has low slopes, otherwise. for the remain 25%, the industry faces with high slopes terrains, additionally with the lower capacity of the soil at the rainy and wet seasons. This condition increases the risk with commercial agricultural machinery (harvester, trailers and tractors). This work is inspired with the rockie-arm suspension, to propose a concept to transport sugar cane from the fields. A CAD Model has been developed to understand the kinematical and kinetics for the suspension and compared with other types of suspensions considered for this industry. This work aims to explore new possibilities to adopt technologies developed from other industries to solve the agriculture challenges. *** Full paper purchase: \ ISTVS members receive three complimentary papers per year: --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://2024.istvs.org/submissions/papers/9747.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.