WorkspaceXL
| Funding: | Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM) / AutoRobXL |
| Funding code: | 16KN114230 |
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| Duration: | 12/25 - 11/27 |
| Contact: | Tom Volz |
Many construction machines, such as truck-mounted concrete pumps, material handlers, tower cranes and mobile cranes, have long boom structures with reaches of up to 100 meters. They often work in safety-critical situations: restricted visibility, dynamic obstacles and narrow ranges of motion increase the demands on operation. Precise, robust and real-time capable workspace monitoring is therefore essential to ensure safety and efficiency. To date, there are no market-ready solutions that cover the entire workspace with sensors, safely and at the same time without shadowing and enable reliable collision avoidance.
In the research project "WorkspaceXL" - a project in the ZIM network "AutoRobXL" - the project partners MOBA Mobile Automation AG, Weiss Mobiltechnik GmbH and the Chair of Construction Machinery at TU Dresden are jointly developing a new type of system for complete and shadow-free detection and monitoring of the workspace of large boom structures. The system is an important building block for future assistance systems and automation solutions in the construction machinery sector.
