Applied robotics for installation and base operations for industrial hygiene

Author

Korpela, Christopher ; Chaney, Kenneth ; Brahmbhatt, Pareshkumar

Author_Institution

United States Mil. Acad. at West Point, West Point, NY, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

11-12 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A framework is presented for industrial hygiene inspection using a remotely-operated ground vehicle with multiple sensor payloads attached to it for detecting various hazardous gases and chemicals. A control scheme and a graphical user interface between the vehicle and operator is strictly mandated for tasks requiring remote inspection. By leveraging existing navigation and path planning algorithms, the system can autonomously patrol hazardous areas and relay all acquired measurements back to the user. This paper presents recent validation testing results of the system and its sensors using the proposed industrial hygiene framework.

Keywords

control engineering computing; graphical user interfaces; industrial robots; inspection; occupational health; path planning; production engineering computing; remotely operated vehicles; applied robotics; control scheme; graphical user interface; industrial hygiene inspection; navigation algorithm; path planning algorithm; remotely-operated ground vehicle; sensor payload; Computers; Graphical user interfaces; Navigation; Robot sensing systems; Software; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Woburn, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TePRA.2015.7219678

Filename

7219678