Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

An Innovative Ooze Dredging for Environmental Preservation

Youichi Kogure, Yuuji Hodohara, Shuuhou Yano, Kaoru Kamachi
Pages 648-653 (2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 9784990271718, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

Up to now, ooze dredging has presented many problems: because the mud content ratio is low and has a wide variation and the positioning of the dredger and operation of the ladder is done by hand, ooze dredging has been of poor precision, with the dredging being either too deep or too shallow, and the operating efficiency has been low because the actual mud pumping up time amounts to only a small part of the dredging time, and many workers are required. By dealing with these technical problems, developing and improving the dredging equipment, and developing a dredging automatic control algorithm to greatly automate the operations , the Automated(Robot)dredger Kasumizaurusu has been completed.

Keywords: Ooze dredging, Kasumigaura, Improvements for dredging automation Automation for dredging work managing system