Abstract
Approximately 75% of struck-by fatalities in the construction industry are reported to have been caused by heavy equipment. Researchers have addressed the need for the enhanced safety of earthwork equipment using different approaches. However, none of these approaches enables the equipment to accurately predict the operation of other pieces of equipment for a long-enough time window to find a collision-free path using path replanning. Accordingly, the present paper proposes a novel method to generate the risk map of an earthwork site considering the visibility and proximity based hazards. The proposed method integrates the pose and state data of different pieces of equipment with the prediction about the potential paths of equipment, which comes from near-realtime simulation and script-based path planning, to quantify the risk value associated with different portions of the site. The generated risk map can further be used by individual equipment to ensure that their future path is safe or to perform path replanning if required. The proposed method is implemented and tested in a case study. In the light of the results of a case study, it is found that the proposed method is providing a reliable basis for the safety analysis of earthwork sites.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining: Connected to the Future, Proceedings |
| Publisher | International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789517585972 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, ISARC 2015: Connected to the Future - Oulu, Finland Duration: 15 Jun 2015 → 18 Jun 2015 Conference number: 32 |
Conference
| Conference | 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining, ISARC 2015 |
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| Abbreviated title | ISARC |
| Country | Finland |
| City | Oulu |
| Period | 15/06/15 → 18/06/15 |
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Keywords
- Earthwork equipment
- Real-time simulation
- Risk map
- Safety
- Visibility and proximity hazards
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Visibility and proximity based risk map of earthwork site using real-time simulation. / Vahdatikhaki, Faridaddin; Hammad, Amin.
32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining: Connected to the Future, Proceedings. International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2015.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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N2 - Approximately 75% of struck-by fatalities in the construction industry are reported to have been caused by heavy equipment. Researchers have addressed the need for the enhanced safety of earthwork equipment using different approaches. However, none of these approaches enables the equipment to accurately predict the operation of other pieces of equipment for a long-enough time window to find a collision-free path using path replanning. Accordingly, the present paper proposes a novel method to generate the risk map of an earthwork site considering the visibility and proximity based hazards. The proposed method integrates the pose and state data of different pieces of equipment with the prediction about the potential paths of equipment, which comes from near-realtime simulation and script-based path planning, to quantify the risk value associated with different portions of the site. The generated risk map can further be used by individual equipment to ensure that their future path is safe or to perform path replanning if required. The proposed method is implemented and tested in a case study. In the light of the results of a case study, it is found that the proposed method is providing a reliable basis for the safety analysis of earthwork sites.
AB - Approximately 75% of struck-by fatalities in the construction industry are reported to have been caused by heavy equipment. Researchers have addressed the need for the enhanced safety of earthwork equipment using different approaches. However, none of these approaches enables the equipment to accurately predict the operation of other pieces of equipment for a long-enough time window to find a collision-free path using path replanning. Accordingly, the present paper proposes a novel method to generate the risk map of an earthwork site considering the visibility and proximity based hazards. The proposed method integrates the pose and state data of different pieces of equipment with the prediction about the potential paths of equipment, which comes from near-realtime simulation and script-based path planning, to quantify the risk value associated with different portions of the site. The generated risk map can further be used by individual equipment to ensure that their future path is safe or to perform path replanning if required. The proposed method is implemented and tested in a case study. In the light of the results of a case study, it is found that the proposed method is providing a reliable basis for the safety analysis of earthwork sites.
KW - Earthwork equipment
KW - Real-time simulation
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