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Caisson Construction 3D Modeling System (Kajima)
Head: Christopher Fromme
Contact: Christopher Fromme (ccf@cs.cmu.edu)
Mailing address:
National Robotics Engineering Consortium
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Associated center: NREC
For more information, see this project's homepage.
We are developing a 3D sensor system and graphical display to assist caisson construction equipment operators in digging a 42m deep caisson. The results of the terrain mapping will be displayed in graphical form to human operators. These human operators are responsible for tele-operating excavating machines that are inside of the caisson. The human operators will be able to use the terrain mapped display of the caisson to locate potential problem areas within the caisson structure and to determine what areas are stopping the caisson from sinking into the earth.