DEPLOYMENT OF ROBOTIC DEVICES FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
The California Department of Transportation and the University of California, Davis, have jointly established the Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology (AHMCT) Center to explore the application of automation and robotics in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance. This paper presents a brief overview of current research being conducted by the AHMCT Center including descriptions and photographs of actual automated and/or robotic systems under development. Special emphasis will identify unique requirements imposed by the highway, the benefits of each system relative to conventional maintenance and construction operations, general system descriptions and the current status of six projects nearing final deployment in California.
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Corporate Authors:
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Authors:
- West, T H
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Conference:
- Eleventh Equipment Management Workshop
- Location: Syracuse, New York
- Date: 1996-6-23 to 1996-6-26
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos; References;
- Pagination: 16p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Benefits; Construction equipment; Development; Maintenance equipment; Research; Robotics; Technological innovations
- Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00722637
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Preprint G-5
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jun 25 1996 12:00AM