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This is the first successful trial of remotely controlling a humanoid robot to drive an industrial vehicle in lieu of a human operator. These results were achieved through the development of three technologies: 1) remote-control technology to instruct the humanoid to perform total-body movements under remote control 2) a remotecontrol system to execute tasks, and protection technology to protect the humanoid against the shock and vibrations of its operating seat and against influences of the natural environment, such as rain and dust, and 3) full-body operation-control technology to autonomously control the humanoid's total-body movements to prevent the robot from falling over. The humanoid has promising application potential for restoration work in environments impacted by catastrophes and in civil-engineering and construction-project sites where it can work safely and efficiently.

To further the proper and high-quality disposal of construction wastes (construction byproducts) and to improve safety in sorting operations, we have developed a system, which uses robot vision to determine materials based on the Bayes’ theorem, to sort construction byproducts of a wide variety of sizes and shapes that are discharged from building demolition sites. We have conducted, using construction byproducts discharged from actual demolition sites, sorting experiments with the developed sorting system. These experiments have demonstrated sorting accuracies of not less than 60%. These results prove the system’s effectiveness in sorting construction byproducts.

three years. The construction work manipulator with two arms to separate the construction waste efficiently has been developed so far. Moreover, the system that specified five kinds of materials of the waste generated on the dismantlement site was researched. (Fig.1) 1) Technique for specifying material of wasteThe construction waste generated on the dismantlement site was investigated, and five selected materials were set as concrete, steel, aluminum, wood, and plastic. These are selected with the waste selection

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