Development of vegetation cutting tool attachments for the automated roadway debris vacuums.

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• Creators:
  Harker, Rob ; McPhee, Jason ; Bieniek, Ryan ; White, Wilderich A. ; Velinsky, Steven A.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of California, Davis. Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. AHMCT Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Plant material cutting machinery
  • California
  • Weeds
  • Control
  • Roadside improvement
  • Roadside plants
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CA08-0253 ; UCD-ARR-05-12-31-02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  California. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Innovation
• Abstract:
  The Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology (AHMCT) Research Center has been ; developing robotic equipment and machinery for highway maintenance and construction operations. It is a ; cooperative venture between the University of California at Davis and the California Department of ; Transportation (Caltrans). The research and development projects have the goal of increasing safety and ; efficiency of roadwork operations through the appropriate application of automation solutions. ; This report describes the design and analysis of vegetation cutting attachments for the Automated Roadway ; Debris Vacuum (ARDVAC), a tele-robotic litter removal system. This combination of ARDVAC system and ; cutting attachments is designed to operate in median divider areas, roadway shoulders, around guardrails, and ; on some embankments adjacent to roadways. It is capable of removing, by vacuum flow of air, trash, litter, ; loose vegetation and similar materials. The cutting attachments enable the removal of most vegetation found on ; the roadside. The machine is controlled from within the safety of the vehicle’s cab, requires no on-site set-up, ; operates with controls of minimum complexity, and is a significant solution to the problem of roadway litter ; collection and vegetation removal. The development of two general cutting tool attachments and one ; tumbleweed removal attachment is described.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RTA-65A0132
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27578/dot_27578_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.81 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8171646437de3459ed7cc2c50312ecf8e4222e837fb0093c98e0b1d21b4a1533