Agricultural apparatus with pick-up device

An agricultural apparatus (2) that is configured to travel over the ground includes a pick-up device (22) for picking up an agricultural bale (24) from the ground. The pick-up device (22) includes a sensing system (60, 62) that is configured to sense the position and/or size of an object on the ground as the agricultural apparatus travels towards the object, a pick-up mechanism (26) that is engageable with opposite sides of the object and operable to lift the object, and a control unit (64) that is configured to determine the position of the pick-up mechanism (26) relative to the object (24) based on signals received from the sensing system (60, 62) prior to picking-up the object, and to operate the pick-up mechanism (26) when the pick-up mechanism is positioned correctly relative to the object. 种配置成在地面上行驶的农用设备(2)，该农用设备包括用于从地面拾取农产品捆包(24)的拾取装置(22)。该拾取装置(22)包括感测系统(60、62)、拾取机构(26)和控制单元(64)，所述感测系统配置成当该农用设备朝向地面上的物品行驶时感测该物品的位置和/或尺寸，所述拾取机构可以与所述物品的相对两侧接合并且是可操作的以将所述物品提起，所述控制单元配置成在拾取所述物品之前基于从所述感测系统(60、62)接收到的信号判断所述拾取机构