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 为采矿业设计和制造安全且易于操作的设备。他们开发了一系列产品，将自动高度调节臂与 GPR（探地雷达）传感器相结合，扫描矿井背面的地下以确定骨料的成分，并检测矿井背面（矿井顶板）存在结构问题的位置。虽然这些产品非常适合矿山，但他们希望通过制造设备来定位和跟踪恶化的基础设施并确定其健康状况，从而获得基础设施管理的市场份额。为此，他们目前正在开发一种创新的下一代产品，该产品将比当前的手臂设计具有更多的功能，从而能够扫描更多种类的基础设施。该臂将是多位置和摆动的，瞄准矿井、隧道和立交桥的墙壁和天花板，以扫描可能导致安全问题的地下缺陷和问题。下一代手臂需要探地雷达传感器自动移开感应到的障碍物，例如灯光、标牌、电缆和管道。这将通过一个或多个能够检测障碍物的传感器来完成。