Tele-operation for Construction Equipment

초록

Automation of construction and maintenance operations has been advancing at an accelerated pace since the early 1980’s. While early works sought to completely automate some activities, experience and the resulting deeper understanding of the enabling technologies have emphasized the importance of finding an optimal balance between human and computer functions in the control of automated systems. Teleoperation has become the preferred control paradigm. This paper first presents a working definition of teleoperation. Then, it identifies examples of teleoperated systems and attempts to define their common control elements. Finally, it is concluded that the complex behavior of human-machine systems is difficult to predict and that experiments are required to truly determine optimal balances. Understanding the underlying principles involved will require a tremendous amount of future work.