Autonomous face navigation of a continuous mining machine
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Anderson, D.L.
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications IEEE Trans. on Ind. Applicat. Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on. 25(6):981-985 Jan, 1989
- Subject
- Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Signal Processing and Analysis
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Navigation
Laser fusion
Productivity
Automation
Application software
Mining industry
Employment
Optical control
Gyroscopes
- Language
- ISSN
- 0093-9994
1939-9367
The tasks involved in the autonomous face navigation for a continuous mining machine and the navigational information necessary to perform these tasks are discussed. The proposed solution is presented, including the use of a mobile control structure (MCS) to serve as a reference in the face area of laser-based optical scanning units and retroreflective targets to determine the machine's position relative to the reference, and the use of gyroscope to maintain a short-term knowledge of the heading of the machine. An algorithm for fusion of the laser system's data is outlined. Future work on the navigational control software is discussed, and the status of the project is given.ETX