Development of a Robotic Surveying Vehicle
This project developed from an undergraduate project that examined the potential use of remote vehicles for surveying in areas of mines deemed too dangerous for personnel to enter. Jobling-Purser Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne has sponsored the project.
The purpose of the project is to create and develop a commercial product that can be used in mines throughout the worked. The vehicle is intended to enhance the safety of day to day mining, by minimising the risk incurred by sending mine surveyors into unsafe areas that could be accessible by a remote vehicle.
Project outline:
· Develop a working prototype of the vehicle that can be tried and tested under the confines of a controlled environment such as the university test mine.
· Provide an alternative to traditional methods of mine surveying and data acquisition of working operations
· Improve safety in mine surveying
· Provide a robotic platform that can be potentially be used to assist rescue services in underground environments both civil and industrial
· Examine different applications where a remote vehicle such as this can be used to enhance personal safety
· Use innovative technology in the design of the vehicle including wireless technology being developed at the university
· Create a product that can be used by students for further research in the field
· Use local business throughout the development of the project
The remote surveying vehicle incorporates wireless communications technology
that is being utilised by other research projects at the Camborne School of
Mines
Contact: James Jobling-Purser (J.A.Jobling-Purser@ex.ac.uk - +44 (0) 1326 371846)
