3D Ground Terrain Processing Platform for Automated Excavation System

  • Kim, Seok (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Kim, Tae-yeong (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Park, Jae-Woo (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
  • Published : 2015.10.11

Abstract

Efficient management of the construction heavy equipment is required to reduce the rate of carbon emissions and on-site accidents. The intelligent excavation system (IES) will improve the construction quality and productivity through information technologies and efficient equipment operation, especially in large earthwork projects. Three-dimensional digitized ground data should be required for identifying the path of heavy equipment and work-site environment. Rapid development of terrain laser scanners (TLS) is more readily to acquire the digital data. This study suggests the '3D ground terrain processing platform (3DGTPP)' including data manipulating module and analyzing module of the scanned data for intelligent earthmoving equipment operation. The processing platform consists of six modules, including scanning, registering, manipulating, analyzing, transmitting, and storing. 3D ground terrain processing platform presented in this study will provide fundamental information for intelligent excavation system (IES), which will increase the efficiency of earthworks and safety of workers in significant.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by a grant (15SCIP-B079344-02) from Construction Technology Research Program funded by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korean government.