A review of robotics in onshore oil-gas industry

Shukla, Amit; Karki, Hamad

doi:10.1109/icma.2013.6618077

Cited by 33 publications

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“…Global competition, productivity demands, advances in technology, and affordability will force companies to increase the use of robots in the foreseeable future [2,3]. While the automotive industry [4] was the first to use robotics, other industries such as aerospace [5,6], oil and gas [7,8], food [9], and steel [10] now also rely on robotic automation.…”

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Design and development of an automated stacker for highway products of Nucor Steel Corporation

Edwards

Hayes

Penny

et al. 2015

2015 Annual IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon) Proceedings

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In this paper, a robotic stacker is designed to enable precise stacking of highway sign posts produced by Nucor Steel Corporation, while complying with the required stacking pattern as well as time constraints. The Nucor Steel Corporation bar mill, located in Marion Ohio, relies heavily on manual work force in its highway products division. A highly manual process introduces many safety hazards as well as inefficiencies and inconsistencies. One hazardous position is the bundling of heavy sign posts, which are manually raked into bundles before being manually banded, and workers are at risk for overuse injuries. Moreover, the sign posts are randomly positioned within a bundle, and hence the disorganized bundle is much larger than an organized stack of the same count. Disorganized bundles also hinder further automation processes downstream the production line, such as banding and powder coating the sign posts. This paper offers a robotic stacker solution utilizing Fanuc robot manipulators, custom-built end-effectors, and programmable logic controller (PLC) integrated with human machine interface (HMI) that will result in smaller and organized stacks as compared with the current disorganized bundles, and the removal of a worker from the hazardous position in the process. Organized stacks will also allow for further downstream automation processes. This research project is to be executed at Michigan Technological University and is sponsored by Nucor Steel Corporation.

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Design and development of an automated stacker for highway products of Nucor Steel Corporation

Edwards

Hayes

Penny

et al. 2015

2015 Annual IEEE Systems Conference (SysCon) Proceedings

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“…Trenchless methods include, among others, horizontal directional drilling, microtunnelling, pipe jacking, auger boring, pipe bursting and robotic spot repairs, which are being used extensively internationally. Trenchless technologies can require greater capital outlay than open-cut methods and thus discourage wider take-up (Ariaratnam et al, 2014;Shukla and Karki, 2013). Utility assets can also be stored in tunnel systems known interchangeably as multiutility tunnels, utility corridors and pipe subways.…”

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Street work policy in England, UK: insights from stakeholders

Hussain¹,

Enoch²,

Ruikar³

et al. 2016

Infrastructure Asset Management

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Roadworks and street works can be highly disruptive, expensive and deleterious to highway structures and infrastructure planning, yet these activities must take place if modern societies are to continue to function. In helping to strike this balance, this study investigates the public policy landscape of highway excavation management in England, UK. Semi-structured interviews with industry stakeholders highlighted the complexity of the industry and revealed that a number of issues compromise effective management. Principal problems included street authorities failing to take enough ownership of the coordination process, highway legislation not encouraging joint working due to inherent challenges arising from reinstatement guarantees and entrenched attitudes and adversarial practices in the construction industry encouraging silo working. Key recommendations include amending highway legislation to support and recognise multiagency working and street authorities undertaking reinstatements on behalf of undertakers, thus helping to reduce fragmentation and discharge undertakers of onerous guarantees that contribute to silo working.

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“…An alternative to trenching is the use of trenchless technologies, necessitating little or no use of open cut trenching. Trenchless methods include, amongst others, horizontal directional drilling, micro tunnelling, pipe jacking, auger boring, pipe bursting and robotic spot repairs which are being used extensively in operations in Canada, China and the United States [9,10]. Trenchless technologies can require greater capital outlay than open-cut methods thus discouraging wider take-up [8].…”

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Stakeholder perspectives of street works management in England

Hussain

Brien

Enoch

et al. 2015

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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It is widely recognised that street works are disruptive, have high social costs and are deleterious to highway structures. Notwithstanding this, utility works are critical so that society can enjoy the amenities of a modern world. In striking this balance, this study investigates the policy landscape of street works management in England to gain an insight into stakeholder perspectives of the industry. Semistructured interviews with industry stakeholders have helped to identify the complexity of the industry and revealed that a number of issues compromise effective street works management. Principal problems include Street Authorities failing to take enough ownership of the coordination process, highway legislation not encouraging joint working due to inherent challenges arising from reinstatement guarantees, and entrenched attitudes and adversarial practices in the construction industry encouraging silo working. Key recommendations include amending highway legislation to support and recognise multi-agency working and Street Authorities undertaking reinstatements on behalf of undertakers to help reduce fragmentation and discharge undertakers of onerous guarantees which contribute to silo working.

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A review of robotics in onshore oil-gas industry

Cited by 33 publications

References 89 publications

Design and development of an automated stacker for highway products of Nucor Steel Corporation

Design and development of an automated stacker for highway products of Nucor Steel Corporation

Street work policy in England, UK: insights from stakeholders

Stakeholder perspectives of street works management in England

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