Object Detection and Avoidance for Infrastructure Inspection Equipment

基础设施检测设备的物体检测和规避

• 批准号: 566763-2021
• 负责人: Blum, Susan
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Saskatchewan Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724699
• 关键词: Object; Detection; Avoidance; Infrastructure; Inspection

Kinemek designs and builds equipment for the mining industry that is safe and easy to operate. They havedeveloped a series of products which combine self height adjusting arms with a GPR (ground penetratingradar) sensors to scan the subsurface of the mine back to determine the composition of aggregates and detect where structural problems exist in the mine back (mine ceiling). While these products work well for mines,they would like to gain market share in infrastructure management by creating equipment to locate and track deteriorating infrastructure and determine its health. To do this, they are currently developing an innovativenext generation product that will have increased functionality over the current arm designs enabling scanning of an increased variety of infrastructure. This arm will be multi-positional and oscillating, targeting the walls inaddition to the ceilings of mines, tunnels, and overpasses to scan for subsurface defects and problems that may lead to safety concerns. The next generation arm requires the GPR sensor to be automatically moved out of the way of obstacles sensed, such as lights, signage, cables, and pipes. This would be accomplished by one or moresensors that can detect the obstacles.

Kinemek为采矿行业设计和建造设备安全，易于运营。他们涉及一系列产品，这些产品将自高度调节臂与GPR（地面穿透性）传感器结合起来，以扫描矿山的背面，以确定聚集体的组成并检测矿山后部的结构问题（矿山天花板）。尽管这些产品适合矿山，但他们希望通过创建设备来定位和跟踪基础设施不断恶化并确定其健康状况来获得基础设施管理中的市场份额。为此，他们目前正在开发一种InnovativEnext生成产品，该产品将比当前的ARM设计具有更大的功能，从而可以扫描增加的基础架构。该臂将是多姿势和振荡的，将墙壁陷入墙壁，隧道和立交桥的天花板上，以扫描可能导致安全问题的地下缺陷和问题。下一代臂要求GPR传感器自动移出所感知的障碍物，例如灯，标牌，电缆和管道。这将是由一个或多个可以检测障碍的人来完成的。