Multi-Vehicle Collaborative Refuse Collection System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current urban garbage collection and transportation systems are inefficient, labor-intensive, and costly, with a lack of intelligent system engineering to manage municipal waste, leading to environmental and operational challenges.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent informatization multi-vehicle collaboration system that includes a multi-freedom intelligent automation trash grabbing system, two types of garbage truck docking operating systems, and a multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system, enabling automatic collection and transportation of trash using small and medium-sized trucks with a large capacity truck for efficient waste management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If traditional manual garbage collection mode is used, then labor intensity is high, but the system complexity is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations with an intelligent automated system comprising mechanical arms, sensors, and control units. The mechanical arm automatically grabs trash cans, the sensor detects their positions, and the control unit coordinates the entire collection process, eliminating the need for manual labor while managing system complexity through integrated automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The garbage collection system performs self-service through autonomous operation. The mechanical arm independently locates, grabs, and transports trash cans without human intervention. The system self-regulates through sensor feedback and control algorithms, enabling automated garbage collection while reducing the need for external operational control.
2Reliability
If mechanical arms are used to grab trash cans, then labor intensity is reduced, but the cooperation between mechanical arms and trash cans is not perfect causing instability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where sensors detect the position, orientation, and status of trash cans, and this information is fed back to the control unit. The control unit adjusts the mechanical arm's grabbing force, position, and movement based on this feedback, ensuring reliable cooperation between the mechanical arm and trash cans while maintaining smooth operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical arm system is designed with dynamic adaptability, allowing it to adjust its gripping force, movement speed, and positioning based on real-time conditions. The system can dynamically respond to different trash can positions, orientations, and weights, ensuring reliable and smooth operation during the garbage collection process.
3Productivity
If garbage trucks are transported directly to outside garbage landfill, then operating cost is high, but the system complexity is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the garbage collection system into multiple specialized vehicles: small garbage trucks for collection, medium garbage trucks for local transfer, and large garbage trucks for long-distance transportation to landfills. This segmentation allows each vehicle type to perform its specific function efficiently, improving overall productivity while managing system complexity through modular vehicle design and coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces medium garbage trucks as intermediaries between small collection trucks and large transportation trucks. These intermediary vehicles receive garbage from small trucks at collection points and transfer it to large trucks for landfill transportation, reducing the need for small trucks to travel long distances and improving overall system efficiency while maintaining manageable complexity through hierarchical vehicle coordination.
4Reliability
If garbage collection points and transportation stations are established throughout downtown area, then garbage treatment is improved, but the quality of urban environment and construction is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the garbage collection and transfer operations from fixed downtown locations by deploying mobile mechanical arm-equipped trucks that can collect garbage directly from street-side trash cans. This eliminates the need for permanent garbage collection points and transportation stations in downtown areas, improving garbage treatment reliability while preserving urban environment quality by removing stationary facilities that degrade the urban landscape.
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AI summary
An intelligent and information multi-vehicle collaboratively operating municipal refuse collection and transfer system and method are provided. The system comprises an automated system with multiple-degree of freedom intelligent dustbin grabbing, an operating system with two types of refuse vehicles collaborating, a multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system, and a fixed-point refuse collection operation confirmation and remote monitoring information management system for coordinating overall operation of the systems. The automated system with multiple-degree of freedom intelligent dustbin grabbing system is used for the refuse vehicles to automatically collect dustbins; the operating system with two types of refuse vehicles collaborating comprises a plurality of small- and medium-sized refuse vehicles and large capacity refuse vehicles. The small- and medium-sized refuse vehicles collect refuse in the dustbins according to multi-vehicle collaborative operation information with the support of the multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system, and the large capacity refuse vehicles are used to dock with the collected refuse and transport the refuse out of town with the support of the multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system. The method is the implementation of the above system. The system and method have good operability and high degree of intelligence and provide good results of refuse disposal.