Since 1993 we have been working on the automation of dragline excavators, the largest earthmoving machines that exist. Recently we completed a large-scale experimental program where the automation system was used for production purposes over a two week period and moved over 200,000 tonnes of overburden. This is a landmark achievement in the history of automated excavation. In this paper we briefly describe the robotic system and how it works cooperatively with the machine operator. We then describe our methodology for gauging machine performance, analyze results from the production trial and comment on the effectiveness of the system that we have created. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.
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Corke, P., Winstanley, G., Dunbabin, M., & Roberts, J. (2006). Dragline automation: Experimental evaluation through productivity trial. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 24, 459–468. https://doi.org/10.1007/10991459_44
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