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Cranes are used extensively in many industries throughout the world. These cranes operate in a wide array of environments, including some that are hazardous to humans. The vast majority of cranes are directly controlled by human operators. However, in some cases, it is necessary to remove the human operator from hazardous operating conditions, creating a crane that must be remotely operated. This, however, introduces additional challenges for the operator. The operator must now control the oscillatory payload while suffering from decreased perception of the environment and the potential time delays caused by remote operation. A number of studies of crane operator performance with varying time delays are presented here. The compiled results show that the type of crane control and duration of the communication delay directly influence task completion time and difficulty. Input shaping control is shown to improve completion times over a large range of operating conditions and communication time delays.
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Vaughan, J., Singhose, W. (2014). The Influence of Time Delay on Crane Operator Performance. In: Vyhlídal, T., Lafay, JF., Sipahi, R. (eds) Delay Systems. Advances in Delays and Dynamics, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01695-5_24
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