Introduction
Heavy earthmoving equipment is used in many industries ranging from construction to mining to farming. One common task is to load material from a pile into either a dump truck or hopper. For this project, a small-scale excavator was built that can autonomously identify and fill a dump truck using a nearby pile of material. This autonomous excavation system will prove the feasibility of the concept for implementation on full-scale equipment in order to improve the efficiency of mining and similar operations.
The team
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Kuttler is a controls engineer with strong interest in upstream oil and gas. Kuttler was responsible for the design and prototyping of the hardware on this project, as well as the arduino controls code and communication.
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Tejasvin is an international student enrolled in the joint BSMS program majoring in Mechancical Engineering. He was responsible for developing the path planning (Reverse displacement algorithm) for the excavator.
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Cody is focusing his master's studies on controls and automation. He is looking to pursue a career in industrial manufacturing and automation. Cody was responsible for the design and implementation of machine vision.