Tunnel and Underground Space (터널과지하공간)

Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (한국암반공학회)
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Evaluation of Applicability for 3D Scanning of Abandoned or Flooded Mine Sites Using Unmanned Mobility

무인 이동체를 이용한 폐광산 갱도 및 수몰 갱도의 3차원 형상화 위한 적용성 평가

  • Soolo Kim (Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp.) ;
  • Gwan-in Bak (Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp.) ;
  • Sang-Wook Kim (Isung Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Seung-han Baek (Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp.)
  • Received : 2023.12.05
  • Accepted : 2024.01.03
  • Published : 2024.02.29
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Abstract

An image-reconstruction technology, involving the deployment of an unmanned mobility equipped with high-speed LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) has been proposed to reconstruct the shape of abandoned mine. Unmanned mobility operation is remarkably useful in abandoned mines fraught with operational difficulties including, but not limited to, obstacles, sludge, underwater and narrow tunnel with the diameter of 1.5 m or more. For cases of real abandoned mines, quadruped robots, quadcopter drones and underwater drones are respectively deployed on land, air, and water-filled sites. In addition to the advantage of scanning the abandoned mines with 2D solid-state lidar sensors, rotation of radiation at an inclination angle offers an increased efficiency for simultaneous reconstruction of mineshaft shapes and detecting obstacles. Sensor and robot posture were used for computing rotation matrices that helped compute geographical coordinates of the solid-state lidar data. Next, the quadruped robot scanned the actual site to reconstruct tunnel shape. Lastly, the optimal elements necessary to increase utility in actual fields were found and proposed.

폐광산의 갱도 입구를 통해 고속 라이다(Light Detection And Ranging, LiDAR) 장비가 탑재된 무인이동체를 투입하여 폐광의 갱도를 형상화하기 위한 기술이 제안되었다. 직경이 1.5 m 이상인 좁은 갱도에 바닥이 슬러지 형태로 미끄럽고 장애물이 있는 환경에서 무인 이동체를 운영할 때 고려할 사항을 검토하였다. 육상환경 이동을 위해 4족 보행 로봇을 활용하였으며 항공 환경 이동을 위해 쿼드콥터 드론이 활용되었다. 수중환경의 갱도에 투입하기 위해서 수중 드론이 사용되었다. 무인 이동체를 실제 광산 현장에 투입하여 폐광 현장용 이동체가 고려해야 할 변수들을 도출하였다. 폐광산 갱도 형상화용 센서로서 2차원 영상 기반의 solid-state 라이다가 사용되었다. 방사형으로 측정되는 라이다의 특성을 고려하여 고정 경사각을 두어 회전시켜 운영하여 갱도 형상화를 위한 효율성을 높이고 동시에 장애물 감지도 같이 수행할 수 있도록 제안하였다. Solid-state 라이다를 이용하여 측정데이터로부터 센서의 자세와 로봇의 자세를 반영하여 현실 좌표계 데이터로 변환하기 위한 계산기법이 도출되었다. 라이다 센서와 무인 비행체가 결합하여 실제 현장에 투입하여 갱도 형상을 추출하였다. 마지막으로 실제 현장에서 효용성을 높이기 위한 요소를 도출하였다.

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Acknowledgement

This project was funded by Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation (Komir) and is currently supported by the publication grant.

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