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AUTOMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND MINING VEHICLE USING REACTIVE NAVIGATION AND OPPORTUNISTIC LOCALIZATION. (2002)

This paper describes the implementation of an autonomous navigation system onto a 30 tonne Load-HaulDump truck. The control architecture is based on a robust reactive wall-following behaviour. To make it purposeful we provide driving hints derived from an approximate nodal-map. For most of the time, the vehicle is driven with weak localization (odometry). This need only be improved at intersections where decisions must be made — a technique we refer to as opportunistic localization. The truck has achieved full-speed autonomous operation at an artificial test mine, and subsequently, at a operational underground mine.

Reference:
Proc. 2002 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Auckland, 27-29 November 2002
Organization:
CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology
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