Output details
15 - General Engineering
Lancaster University
Article title
Development of an automated verticality alignment system for a vibro-lance
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Automation in construction
Article number
-
Volume number
17
Issue number
5
First page of article
645
ISSN of journal
0926-5805
Year of publication
2008
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
World-first for operational automated vibro-lance ground compaction, one among very few examples of site-based intelligent construction robots in the literature. The article describes the multidisciplinary nature of the research (sensors, actuators etc.) but focuses on the control systems that lead to increased speed of operation and improved accuracy in comparison to a skilled human operator. It was tested by the collaborator Bachy Soletanche Ltd (steve.ako@bacsol.co.uk) at construction sites in Leeds and Liverpool. This research followed directly from methods developed during EPSRC Grant GR/R94442/01 (for which Taylor was the PI).
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
B - Energy
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
