CRAWLER VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD TO CONTROL SAID CRAWLER VEHICLE
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June 3, 2026
A crawler vehicle has a frame (2); two wheel assemblies (3) arranged on opposite sides of the frame (2), wherein each wheel assembly (3) comprises a drive wheel (4) and a plurality of idle wheels (5); two tracks (6), each of which is arranged around the respective wheel assembly (3); a suspension (7) comprising at least two semi-active hydraulic dampers (39), each of which has a respective variable damping coefficient, is associated with one of the wheel assemblies (3), and comprises a hydraulic cylinder (8) connecting to the frame (2) at least one of the idle wheels (5) of the respective wheel assembly (3); and a control device (9) configured to control each hydraulic damper (39) so as to adjust the respective damping coefficient.
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