Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction

Abstract Unmanned rollers are typically equipped with satellite-based positioning systems for positional monitoring. However, satellite-based positioning systems may result in unmanned rollers driving out of the specified compaction areas during asphalt road construction, which affects the compactio...

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Main Authors: Pengju Yue, Xiaohua Xia, Yongbiao Hu, Xuebin Wang, Pengcheng He, Xufang Qin
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84575-x
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author Pengju Yue
Xiaohua Xia
Yongbiao Hu
Xuebin Wang
Pengcheng He
Xufang Qin
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Xiaohua Xia
Yongbiao Hu
Xuebin Wang
Pengcheng He
Xufang Qin
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description Abstract Unmanned rollers are typically equipped with satellite-based positioning systems for positional monitoring. However, satellite-based positioning systems may result in unmanned rollers driving out of the specified compaction areas during asphalt road construction, which affects the compaction quality and has potential safety hazards. Additionally, satellite-based positioning systems may encounter signal interference and cannot locate unmanned rollers. To solve this problem, a lateral positioning method for unmanned rollers is proposed to realize the positioning of unmanned rollers relative to asphalt road. First, we captured images from different perspectives and developed a dataset for asphalt road construction. Second, a method for boundary extraction of asphalt road is proposed to accurately locate pixels of asphalt road boundary. Subsequently, the lateral distances are measured by the designed lateral positioning methods. Finally, field validation experiments are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed lateral positioning method. The results indicate that the method excels in extracting the asphalt road boundary. Furthermore, the proposed lateral positioning method shows excellent performance, with a mean relative error of 3.40% and a frequency of 6.25 Hz. The proposed lateral positioning method meets the performance requirements for lateral positioning in both accuracy and real-time in asphalt road construction for unmanned rollers.
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spelling doaj-art-e18a71caa49344838300c194da2d29f02025-08-20T02:53:53ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-0115111510.1038/s41598-024-84575-xUnmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road constructionPengju Yue0Xiaohua Xia1Yongbiao Hu2Xuebin Wang3Pengcheng He4Xufang Qin5Key Laboratory of Road Construction Technology and Equipment of MOE, Chang’an UniversityKey Laboratory of Road Construction Technology and Equipment of MOE, Chang’an UniversityKey Laboratory of Road Construction Technology and Equipment of MOE, Chang’an UniversityKey Laboratory of Road Construction Technology and Equipment of MOE, Chang’an UniversityKey Laboratory of Road Construction Technology and Equipment of MOE, Chang’an UniversityKey Laboratory of Road Construction Technology and Equipment of MOE, Chang’an UniversityAbstract Unmanned rollers are typically equipped with satellite-based positioning systems for positional monitoring. However, satellite-based positioning systems may result in unmanned rollers driving out of the specified compaction areas during asphalt road construction, which affects the compaction quality and has potential safety hazards. Additionally, satellite-based positioning systems may encounter signal interference and cannot locate unmanned rollers. To solve this problem, a lateral positioning method for unmanned rollers is proposed to realize the positioning of unmanned rollers relative to asphalt road. First, we captured images from different perspectives and developed a dataset for asphalt road construction. Second, a method for boundary extraction of asphalt road is proposed to accurately locate pixels of asphalt road boundary. Subsequently, the lateral distances are measured by the designed lateral positioning methods. Finally, field validation experiments are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed lateral positioning method. The results indicate that the method excels in extracting the asphalt road boundary. Furthermore, the proposed lateral positioning method shows excellent performance, with a mean relative error of 3.40% and a frequency of 6.25 Hz. The proposed lateral positioning method meets the performance requirements for lateral positioning in both accuracy and real-time in asphalt road construction for unmanned rollers.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84575-xUnmanned rollersLateral positioningAsphalt road boundary extractionAsphalt road construction
spellingShingle Pengju Yue
Xiaohua Xia
Yongbiao Hu
Xuebin Wang
Pengcheng He
Xufang Qin
Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
Scientific Reports
Unmanned rollers
Lateral positioning
Asphalt road boundary extraction
Asphalt road construction
title Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
title_full Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
title_fullStr Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
title_full_unstemmed Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
title_short Unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
title_sort unmanned roller lateral positioning method for asphalt road construction
topic Unmanned rollers
Lateral positioning
Asphalt road boundary extraction
Asphalt road construction
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84575-x
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