Loading an Autonomous Large-Scale Dump Truck: Path Planning Based on Motion Data from Human-Operated Construction Vehicles

Tetsu Akegawa,Kazunori Ohno,Shotaro Kojima,Naoto Miyamoto,Taro Suzuki,Tomohiro Komatsu,Takahiro Suzuki,Yukinori Shibata,Kimitaka Asano,Satoshi Tadokoro,Tetsu Akegawa,Kazunori Ohno,Shotaro Kojima,Naoto Miyamoto,Taro Suzuki,Tomohiro Komatsu,Takahiro Suzuki,Yukinori Shibata,Kimitaka Asano,Satoshi Tadokoro

A large-scale dump truck that automatically transports earth and sand in cooperation with a human-operated backhoe is of interest to the construction industry. A human-operated dump truck generally drives slightly past the desired loading position and then backs up to it for loading the sediment. The turning and loading positions are subjectively decided according to the working posture of the bac...