Performance evaluation of ultra wideband technology for construction resource location tracking in harsh environments

Automation in Construction

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1173-1184

  Cheng, T ^a   Venugopal, M ^a   Teizer, J ^a   Vela, P A ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Accuracy; Error analysis; Laser scanning; Location tracking; RFID; Robotic Total Station; Safety; Ultra wideband; Visualization

Indexed keywords

3D; ACCURACY; AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING; CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; GROUND TRUTH; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; LASER SCANNING; LOCATION ERRORS; MOBILE RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; REAL-TIME ACCESS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; ROBOTIC TOTAL STATION; TRACK SIGNALS; TRACKING ACCURACY; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAWIDEBAND SYSTEMS; UWB TECHNOLOGY; WORK SITES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION); VISUALIZATION;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 80053648019     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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