Title: Intelligent crane robot based on internet of things

Authors: Jinfeng Wang; Gongfa Li; Ying Liu; Juntong Yun; Yuting Liu; Licheng Huang; Du Jiang

Addresses: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hangang Steel Group Co. Ltd., Handan, Hebei, China ' Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China ' Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China ' Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China ' Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China ' Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China ' Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission and Manufacturing Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Abstract: Robots are applied more and more widely to realise the cold rolling warehouse area automatic unmanned operation. The application method of Internet of Things (IoT) is adopted to study the key technologies such as the intelligence and automation of the crane, and unmanned transformation is carried out on the basis of manual operation. Through the internet information exchange, crane automatic control, anti-sway control, spreader intelligent transformation and other technical means, to realise the crane equipment automatic operation. The practice results show that, under the application of IoT, the automatic transformation of crane has greatly improved the production level, reduced the production cost, improved the economic benefit, reduced the management cost and reduced the safety hidden danger and provided the theoretical basis and solutions for realising the intelligent operation in the factory warehouse area. Owing the great difference between the actual operating environment and the ideal operating environment, it is necessary to further improve the operating accuracy and system stability, and reduce the error of the crane actuator, so as to realise the omni-directional automatic control of the unmanned crane.

Keywords: IoT; internet of things; robot; unmanned overhead vehicle system; intelligent; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2021.115665

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2021 Vol.20 No.3, pp.297 - 307

Received: 20 Dec 2020
Accepted: 27 Feb 2021
Published online: 15 Jun 2021 *

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