Sensing, perception, decision, planning and action of autonomous excavators

OMU Eraliev, KH Lee, DY Shin, CH Lee - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant advancement in automated driving technology and the deployment of it have
noticeably increased the safety of humans in transportation, industry, and the construction …

Transformer-based berm detection for automated bulldozer safety in edge dumping

C Zhou, Y Wang, Y Lu, K You, Y Jiang, Z Wu - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
Ensuring the safety of automated bulldozers during edge dumping operations in open-pit
mines requires accurate detection of the berm's edge. However, precisely detecting berm …

Moving object tracking based on sparse optical flow with moving window and target estimator

H Choi, B Kang, DE Kim - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Moving object detection and tracking are technologies applied to wide research fields
including traffic monitoring and recognition of workers in surrounding heavy equipment …

Development of an automatic control system for the position of a trowel for a robotic concrete paving complex

A Kolosov, A Smolyaninov, D Kargashilov… - Transportation Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper analyzes the technicals of road construction. Particular attention is paid to the
arrangement of the roadway with a concrete mixture, carried out by specialized concrete …

[HTML][HTML] Development of Automated 3D LiDAR System for Dimensional Quality Inspection of Prefabricated Concrete Elements

S Li, B Zhang, J Zheng, D Wang, Z Liu - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The dimensional quality inspection of prefabricated concrete (PC) elements is crucial for
ensuring overall assembly quality and enhancing on-site construction efficiency. However …

Traffic control of self-propelled modular conveyors

A Kolosov, T Dolgova, I Skibina, A Trebukhin - Transportation Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper deals with the issues of directional stability control of self-propelled modular
transporters (SPMT). A thorough analysis of the operating modes and types of the SPMT …

Digital twin-based collision avoidance system for autonomous excavator with automatic 3d lidar sensor calibration

M Satoh - 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a real-time collision avoidance system with automatic three-
dimensional (3D) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor calibration as a means of …

Equal baseline camera array—Calibration, testbed and applications

AL Kaczmarek, B Blaschitz - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents research on 3D scanning by taking advantage of a camera array
consisting of up to five adjacent cameras. Such an array makes it possible to make a …

A fault-tolerant collision avoidance architecture for autonomous excavators using digital twin-based predictive and real-time detection

M Satoh, T Yoshimoto - 2024 IEEE 20th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a collision avoidance architecture for excavators that satisfies fault tolerance by
in-machine and on-site detection. Safety on construction sites is essential to avoid fatal …

Predicting the Risk Level and Position of Objects in the Forklift's Blind Spot Area Using Artificial Neural Network

T Prasetyo, I Bahiuddin, DR Pratama… - 2023 1st …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new application of artificial neural networks (ANN) for identifying blind
spot condition severities and positions of a forklift. A microcontroller-based device is also …