Underground power cables must be marked by utility providers before any groundbreaking work can be performed on a work site. Currently, technicians mark cables by hand, and with seasonal fluctuations in the demand for the service, technicians cannot always do so efficiently. This project aims to create an autonomous robot and supporting documentation to increase the efficiency of the cable marking process. The robot is intended to navigate a work site, detect buried cables, and accurately mark them in compliance with Massachusetts law.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Runci, Carl J.
• Breiter, Nathaniel A.
• Rice, Deanna M.
• Allegro, Remy S.
• Weiner, Yoni

Subject

• Computing
• Project-Based Learning
• Energy
• Industry
• Innovation
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050521-225951
• 22576

Mot-clé

• Buried Cable
• ArcMap
• Underground Utilities
• Husky A100
• Technical Manual
• Dig Safe

Advisor

• Lewin, Greg
• Telliel, Yunus Dogan
• Xiao, Jing

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Eversource

Date created

• 2021-05-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2023-09-08