Forestry machines have the power to lift heavy logs, but they are not so smart at providing information, or help operators perform better work. The main reason to this problem is the low level of technology applied to forestry machines, which has not changed so much since the forestry machines were first introduced in the 1960’s. But starting 2013, machines manufacturers got inspired by developments in the automation and robotics industry, several of new technologies have been developed in the market - computerized hydraulics, feedback controllers for vibration damping, sensor-based motion control systems, improvements in mechanical design, smart suspension controller, etc. Largely, this development is attributed to better hardware and software developed during the last decade by researchers of Scandinavian institutes. In this thesis, we introduce a new type of forestry machine, the harwarder, which can perform the work of two machines (harvester and forwarder) by a single one. The forwarder is a forestry vehicle that carries big felled logs. The harvester is a type of heavy forestry manipulator employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, and bucking trees. Both the manipulator and vehicle should work synchronized to get the best out of this design. To benefit out of its design, in the first part of thesis we will analyze the kinematics and dynamics of machine, and design a time optimal coordinated motion via virtual holonomic constraints, to solve a particular task of forestry crane. The second part consists on applying optimization to reduce energy consumption during the motion. Result of thesis work: 1) By using coordinated motion, consequently the energy consumptions are drastically reduced comparing to traditional motion of the crane. 2) By applying optimization, the energy efficiency is improved.


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    Titel :

    Initial concepts to develop a semi-autonomous operator support technology for operating a novel forestry machine


    Beteiligte:
    Dong, Xiaowei (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Hochschulschrift


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    629



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