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Universal Journal of Control and Automation(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 5(2), pp. 36 - 42
DOI: 10.13189/ujca.2017.050203
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A Perceptive Mannequin Flag Operator
Ahmad Yusairi Bani Hashim *
Department of Robotics and Automation, Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Technical University of Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
In road construction, in particular on a bustling highway, an operator is needed to alert the drivers to decelerate the speeding vehicles. In doing so, an operator is asked to stand at a safe place, some distance from the construction site and to wave a small flag. Although the flag is light, prolonged waving flag cause tiredness to the operator. If the operator stops shaking, the safety of his co-workers is at risk. It is a straightforward thinking that replacing a human operator with a robot operator is a good choice while keeping the human-like figure. The presence of a human figure effectively alerts the drivers as compared to object signs or signal lights. This paper presents a robotic, human-like figure that performs a simple one axis controlled flag waving task. It comes with a monocular vision that video streams the oncoming vehicles. A program is written in Python language with SimpleCV module that processes the video data. A signal is sent to the controller upon detecting the approaching vehicles. As a result, the robot operator would move its arm, thus waving a flag as a warning signal. A pneumatically powered actuator drives the arm. The robot operator was tested in a controlled environment where the results showed that it has a potential for field implementation.
KEYWORDS
Mannequin Flag Operator, Flagman, Anzen Taro, Monocular Vision
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ahmad Yusairi Bani Hashim , "A Perceptive Mannequin Flag Operator," Universal Journal of Control and Automation(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 36 - 42, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/ujca.2017.050203.
(b). APA Format:
Ahmad Yusairi Bani Hashim (2017). A Perceptive Mannequin Flag Operator. Universal Journal of Control and Automation(CEASE PUBLICATION), 5(2), 36 - 42. DOI: 10.13189/ujca.2017.050203.