There are many notional systems for excavating lunar regolith in NASA's Exploration Vision.
Quantitative system performance comparisons are scarce in the literature. This paper …

A wheel loader is an earth-moving machine used in construction sites, gravel pits and
mining to move blasted rock, soil and gravel. In the presence of a nearby dump truck, the …

Traditional modeling methods for digging load of excavators are often computationally
expensive and require prior knowledge of soil parameters, which severely limits their …

Autonomous loading implies a fully automated scenario in which automated excavating
machines, such as front-loaders, load themselves from a heap of bulk material and deliver to …

In thisletter, we present a novel optimization-based framework for autonomous excavator
trajectory generation under task-specific constraints. Traditional excavation trajectory …

Abstract Hardware-In-Loop (HIL) testing is an effective means to improve the development
process of construction machinery. This paper presents a HIL test bench for hydraulic …

A state estimation-based approach is proposed to determine both the forces exchanged
between the soil and the bucket of a hydraulic excavator during digging tasks and the load …

A lifting-linearization method based on the Koopman operator and Dual Faceted
Linearization is applied to the control of a robotic excavator. In excavation, a bucket interacts …

Electric cable shovel (ECS) is a complex production equipment, which is widely utilized in
open-pit mines. Rational valuations of load is the foundation for the development of …

Abstract IN WORKING MACHINES the human operator is essential for the performance of
the total system. Productivity and energy efficiency are both dependent not only on inherent …