Cable deployment system for unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) mobile microgrids.

ABSTRACT: An ad hoc autonomous mobile microgrid system requires electrical connections to be formed between physically separated resources. This work proposes the use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) as the means to deploy the electrical cable that creates these connections. This operation requires careful control of the cabling at variable speeds to avoid entanglement with the deploying UGV or obstacles in complex outdoor environments. Searching for a product that could supply the needed control and flexibility revealed a lack of compact and low-cost options. Existing options are very heavy ( >100  lbs) and do not supply precision in their deployment. There is no commercial off-the-shelf option available for small-scale cable deployment operations with size and weight constraints. To fulfill the

SUBMITTER: Naglak JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9123369 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature