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MORE at Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power (SICFP) 2023

The MORE partners and early stage researchers have travelled to Tampere, Finland to participate at the Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power (SICFP) 2023. The event organised by our coordinator, Tampere University, will explore the latest advancements and foster collaborations in the field of fluid power.

MORE is happy to be able to participate at this highly engaging and innovative conference and also to use this platform to disseminate results to key experts, engineers and researchers at in the field. If you are at the SICFP 2023, do not miss out on hearing about our project either at the IHA Demo Night (1 June, 18:00–22:00) or at our early stage researchers presentations listed below:

31 May 2023

Tyrone J. Machado (ESR1), Bosch Rexroth AG, Germany, Industry Perspective of Stakeholder Relationships in the Technology Transition and Automation of Heavy-Duty Mobile Machinery in Session B2: Safety, business, and productivity (14:20-16:20)

Amirmasoud Molaei (ESR2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / Novatron Oy, Germany/Finland, A Novel Framework for the Estimation of Excavator’s Actual Productivity in the Grading Operation Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Session B2: Safety, business, and productivity (14:20-16:20)

1 June 2023

Paolo Forte (ESR3), Örebro University/Novatron Oy, Sweden/Finland, From Blocks to Fine-Grained Material: on the Limitations of Discretizing Continuous Quantities for Task and Motion Planning in Construction-Sites in Session A3: Automation (10:30-12:10)

Daniel Eriksson (ESR6), Tampere University, Finland, Towards Multiple Material Loading for Wheel Loaders Using Transfer Learning in Session A3: Automation (10:30-12:10)

Abdolreza Taheri (ESR8), Tampere University / HIAB, Sweden, Towards Energy Efficient Control for Commercial Heavy-Duty Mobile Cranes: Modeling Hydraulic Pressures Using Machine Learning in Session A4: Control (13:00-14:40)

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Autonomous heavy-duty mobile machines: Why and how can we use them in construction sites?

From manual to automatic material flow based on machine productivity in construction sites

In this newsletter, we want to discuss how fleets of (semi)autonomous Heavy-Duty Mobile Machines (HDMMs) could be used not only to complete a construction project, but to accomplish that in an optimal way. Optimization is essential to improve productivity and efficiency and reduce cost and project time. Nowadays, manual methods are employed to allocate tasks to construction machines based on the experience of worksite managers and manual observation of operations. However, these methods are costly, error prone, and depend on few experts that must always be available. Automating task planning and assignment based on fleet productivity can be a promising solution for solving the above challenges and achieving optimality. Firstly, Amirmasoud will describe how to estimate the productivity of a fleet of HDMMs during earth-moving tasks; secondly, Paolo will focus on optimizing the performance of the fleet of autonomous machines by solving task planning, task assignment, motion planning, and coordination problems jointly.

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One open MORE PhD position

MORE is looking for a PhD student. The Early Stage Researcher (ESR) 7 position focuses on radar perception and will be hosted by Örebro University, Sweden for 6 months and seconded to Bosch Rexroth, Germany for 9 months and a further 9 months either at Örebro University, Sweden or TU Munich, Germany.

All details can be found online under Open Positions

Deadline for application: 9 March 2023.

First Future innovations and MORE newsletter published

Hot Topics for Heavy-Duty Mobile Machines

What’s going on and what can we expect?

In this newsletter, we want to have a closer look at the trends that define the current developments in the heavy-duty mobile machine (HDMM) sector. This way, you will get to know what is influencing as well as motivating our work in the MORE project. David will start by elaborating topical powertrain technology with a focus on construction machinery, and Tyrone will highlight some developments within automated and autonomous HDMMs.

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Watch Amirmasoud’s presentation at the ISARC 2022 online

Our MORE early stage researcher, Amirmasoud Molaei (ESR2) presented his research at the 39th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2022), which was held in Bogotá, Colombia from 13-15 July 2022.

Over the course of the three-day event, a total of 89 papers from 291 authors/co-authors from 26 countries were presented related to digital construction, automation and robotics and their importance in the construction sector. This included Amirmasoud’s presentation on “An Approach for Estimation of Swing Angle and Digging Depth During Excavation Operation” which is available as a recording for those who missed it. Watch the video recording or read the conference proceedings which have both been made openly accessible online.