University of Twente Student Theses
The implementation of autonomous agents into aircraft turnaround operations: a wheel chock robot case study
Breugelmans, R.M. (2024) The implementation of autonomous agents into aircraft turnaround operations: a wheel chock robot case study.
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| Abstract: | The increasing difficulty of recruiting personnel and increased awareness towards the physical health implications of repetitive and physical tasks combined with the exposure to harmful fumes led to the exploration into the use of autonomous agents during aircraft turnaround operations. This thesis looked into the challenges regarding the implementation of autonomous agents into aircraft turnaround operations concerning localization and human interaction. This resulted in the creation of a framework to cater for the information requirements of the autonomous agents and allow communication between themselves and the ground personnel as well as the integration of synthetic map-based localization. Situation awareness was found to be a significant factor that influences the performance of human autonomy teams. A workflow was created for designers which included situation awareness-oriented design steps to help guide the addition of situation awareness aspects into the design of autonomous agents during their development. This workflow was used during a case study to guide the development of an autonomous wheel chock robot and showed its use by integrating several situation awareness aspects into the design. As well as showing the possible functionalities of the robot concerning the placement and removal of wheel chocks, and the localization capabilities. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | KLM, Schiphol, Netherlands |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 02 science and culture in general, 50 technical science in general, 70 social sciences in general |
| Programme: | Industrial Design Engineering MSc (66955) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/104040 |
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