Ultra-wideband radar for robust inspection drone in underground coal mines
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1022269788-MIT.pdf
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Author(s)
Cunha, Fernando F
Advisor(s)
Kamal Youcef-Toumi.
Alternative Title
UWB radar for robust inspection drone in underground coal mines
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Coal mines pose a high safety risk for human workers. An autonomous inspection drone would enable a coal mine operation to reduce this risk by minimizing the time spent by workers inside the mine. This inspection drone must be highly robust to the harsh environment of an underground coal mine, with high levels of coal dust and humidity that can obstruct many conventional sensing methods. For high functionality, the drone must sense and avoid potential obstacles and as well as inspect and map the mining wall face. The objective of this paper is to present ultra-wideband (UWB) radar as a robust sensing solution to this challenging environment and validate its performance in the typical coal mine environment, both statically and dynamically.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-107).
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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