Autonomous face navigation of a continuous mining machine
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Anderson, D.L.
- Source
- Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1988., Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE. :1255-1259 vol.2 1988
- Subject
- Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Computing and Processing
Navigation
Laser fusion
Optical control
Gyroscopes
- Language
The tasks of autonomous face navigation for a continuous mining machine and the navigational information necessary to perform these tasks are discussed. A solution is proposed that includes the use of a mobile control structure (MCS) to serve as a reference in the face area, laser-based optical scanning units and retroreflective targets to determine the machine's position relative to the reference, and a gyroscope to maintain a short-term knowledge of heading of the machine. An algorithm for the fusion of the laser system's data is outlined.ETX