Automotive engineering

Loader

Human–computer interaction

Operating system

Engineering

Embedded system

Aeronautics

Computer science

International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Telecommunications

This paper presents experimental results with tele-remote operation of a wheel-loader and proposes a way towards semi-automation.The different components of the tele-remote setup are described in the paper.Short loading cycle is an operation cycle, commonly used at quarry and construction sites for moving gravel from piles onto trucks.We present results from short loading cycle experiments with three operators comparing productivity between teleremote operation and manual operation.Productivity loss of 42% with tele-remote operation motivates the case for more automation.We propose a method to automate the bucketfilling step, which is one of the key functionality of a wheelloader.

From Tele-Remote Operation to Semi-Automated Wheel-Loader