Title :
Flexible infrastructure free navigation for vehicles in underground mines
Author :
Larsson, Johan ; Broxvall, Mathias ; Saffiotti, Alessandro
Author_Institution :
Orebro Univ., Orebro
Abstract :
During the last decade, mining companies and mobile equipment manufacturers have pursued improved efficiency, productivity, and safety in underground mining operations by automating some of the functions of underground vehicles. The work presented in this paper is the result of an effort to develop new flexible infrastructureless guidance system for autonomous tramming of center-articulated underground mining vehicles.
Keywords :
mining equipment; mining industry; mobile robots; path planning; safety systems; underground equipment; autonomous tramming; center-articulated underground mining vehicle; flexible infrastructure free navigation; flexible infrastructureless guidance system; mining robotics; mobile equipment manufacturer; mobile robot; underground mining operation safety; Computer vision; Detection algorithms; Intelligent robots; Minerals; Mobile robots; Navigation; Remotely operated vehicles; Robotics and automation; Robustness; Vehicle safety; mining robotics; mobile robots; reactive navigation;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Systems, 2008. IS '08. 4th International IEEE Conference
Conference_Location :
Varna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1739-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1740-7
DOI :
10.1109/IS.2008.4670406
