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Title: TELEROBOTICS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE: SAFE RAISED PAVEMENT-MARKER APPLICATION
Accession Number: 00740707
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Application of raised pavement markers is a simple but dangerous operation. In a common scenario, an operator sits in a specially designed bay of a slowly traveling truck and manually applies bitumen with a hand-controlled dispenser and places a marker on the bitumen while traffic is passing only a few feet away. A telerobotic raised pavement-marker applicator that uses the capabilities of advanced technologies to automate the tasks of selection of markers, placement of markers, and dispensing of bitumen is described. Most importantly the operator is moved from the truck bay into the passenger side seat and observes and controls the entire process with a video interface system. A PC-based microcomputer provided the platform that allowed efficient integration of the pneumatic and hydraulic actuators necessary to place markers remotely.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1585, Safety and Management in Maintenance and Construction Operations.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Rihani, R ABernold, L EPagination: p. 48-52
Publication Date: 1997
Serial: ISBN: 0309061563
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Sep 18 1997 12:00AM
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