Multiple Unmanned Engineering Machine Management System

Abstract:

The article showcases a concept of using multiple Unmanned Engineering Machines (UEMs) for carrying out a single, complex engineering task. Major part of it focuses on the overall structure of the system and the way in allows to interact between the human-operator and the UEMs. Controlling a single machine requires a lot from the operator in terms of concentration and managing a lot of data. Having him simply command several different units would create the level of stress exponentially. That is why the paper presents a series of mechanisms which could take the unnecessary load from the operator during task execution. Lastly, it proposes a small scale execution scenario of proposed solutions using UEMs constructed by the Machine Building Faculty of the Military University of Technology (MUT).

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 210)
• Pages: 287-293
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.210.287
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Rafał Typiak
• Keywords: Control System, Multiple Machine Management, Unmanned Engineering Machines

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