Publications / 1997 Proceedings of the 14th ISARC, Pittsburgh, USA

The Simulation and Modelling of Safety Systems for Construction Robots

L. Zhang, D A Bradley , D W Seward
Pages 224-229 (1997 Proceedings of the 14th ISARC, Pittsburgh, USA, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

In order for construction robots to become accepted on site it will be necessary for them to achieve demonstrable levels of operation safety at least equivalent to and probably higher than the equivalent manually operated system. In order to achieve the required levels of performance it will be necessary to provide sensor systems capable of detecting and responding to both static and dynamic obstacles within the system safety zones, this in turn requires an improved understanding of the relationship between the factors which influence the performance of the sensor system including location, coverage, scan rate and processing times. The paper therefore presents a simulation of the performance of a sensor based safety system for automated and robotic construction plant which can be used to support the design and validation of that system. Results of the simulation are presented in terms of system performance and, in particular, the failure to detect objects entering the safe zone of the system.

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