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"Neoen is not the only renewables developer testing out a robot: the contractor
at Engie’s Goorambat East solar farm is also trialling autonomous machines,
this time for pile driving.
The Build Robotics device started in February and finished installing 1700
piles in mid-April. It secured $1.3 million in funding from the Australian
Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) in November to fine-tune the system.
The prototype is still significantly slower than using humans, but also much,
much quieter than the traditional method of punching piles into the ground,
says Bouygues Construction Australia project director Bastien Sauvet.
“You have two machines, both are autonomous. One putting the piles in position
and the other one installs and vibrates to put it in a good position,” he told
Renew Economy.
“They are not quicker than a team of humans because they did 120 piles per day
when on average [with the traditional method] we can do over 250.”
The machines use AI, GPS, and sensor technology to precisely drive piles with
minimal human oversight. If a human goes inside a specified perimeter, they
automatically shut off to prevent accidents.
A new technique of vibrating piles into the ground rather than hammering
reduces noise levels by 20 per cent, Sauvet says.
That’s a detail that will go a long way towards being a good neighbour and to
protect nearby workers’ hearing."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
