Drone Workpiece Delivery Control for Uninterrupted Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional maintenance operations are inefficient due to the need for maintenance personnel to interrupt their work and retrieve missing tools or parts from storage, especially in complex or confined environments.
Innovation Solution
A drone-assisted maintenance control method and apparatus that determines the target workpiece and storage location based on an assistance message, plans a flight path, and controls a drone to transport the necessary workpiece to the construction location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If maintenance personnel retrieve tools or parts from storage areas manually, then the necessary workpieces can be obtained, but the maintenance efficiency significantly decreases due to work interruption and travel time
Solution Approach 1:
A drone is introduced as an intermediary transport device between the storage area and the construction location. The drone autonomously carries the required workpiece from the storage location to the construction location based on assistance information, eliminating the need for maintenance personnel to leave their work site and retrieve items manually.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing maintenance personnel to send assistance information through a terminal device, and the drone automatically responds by locating and transporting the required workpiece. The maintenance personnel do not need to physically retrieve the item themselves; the system serves itself by autonomously fulfilling the transport request.
2Ease of operation
If maintenance personnel return to warehouse or storage areas to obtain required items, then the missing workpiece can be acquired, but the maintenance progress and production operations are greatly affected
Solution Approach 1:
The drone acts as an intermediary that handles the physically demanding task of transporting workpieces. Maintenance personnel only need to perform simple operations of sending a request through a terminal device, while the drone handles the complex task of locating and delivering the workpiece to the construction location.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively responding to assistance requests. When maintenance personnel send assistance information, the system immediately initiates the workpiece location and transport process, ensuring the workpiece is delivered before it is actually needed at the construction location, thus preventing any interruption to maintenance progress.
3Reliability
If maintenance personnel interrupt current work process to retrieve items, then the necessary tools or parts can be obtained, but the maintenance efficiency significantly decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The drone serves as a reliable intermediary that ensures workpiece availability without requiring maintenance personnel to interrupt their work. The terminal device and drone system work together to locate and deliver the required workpiece, guaranteeing that the workpiece will be available at the construction location when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuity of useful action by allowing maintenance personnel to continue their maintenance work uninterrupted. While they perform their maintenance tasks, the drone independently handles the workpiece transport in parallel, ensuring that both the maintenance operation and the workpiece delivery proceed simultaneously without interruption.
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AI summary
Provided is a control method for drone-assisted maintenance, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a target workpiece and a storage location thereof in response to an assistance message obtained by a first terminal located at a construction location, wherein the assistance message is used to indicate the target workpiece absent in a maintenance operation; planning a flight path for a transport task according to the construction location and the storage location; and controlling a drone to transport the target workpiece to the construction location according to the flight path.