Indoor Industrial Machine Guidance Using Locata: A Pilot Study at BlueScope Steel

Joel Barnes, Chris Rizos, Mustafa Kanli, David Small, Gavin Voigt, Nunzio Gambale, Jimmy Lamance, Terry Nunan and Chris Reid

Abstract:	Locata Corporation has invented a new positioning technology called Locata, for precision positioning both indoors and outside. Using a network of time- synchronised transceivers, point-positioning with cm- level precision can be achieved. In this paper the feasibility of Locata for industrial machine guidance is demonstrated through a trial at the BlueScope steelworks. In the trial the Locata technology is used to track a crane within the slab handling yard. By comparing Locata position solutions with .truth. positions derived using a total station (theodolite and electronic distance measurement) instrument, it is shown that cm-level positioning can be achieved in a severe multipath indoor environment.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (2004) June 7 - 9, 2004 Dayton Marriott Hotel Dayton, OH
Pages:	533 - 540
Cite this article:	Barnes, Joel, Rizos, Chris, Kanli, Mustafa, Small, David, Voigt, Gavin, Gambale, Nunzio, Lamance, Jimmy, Nunan, Terry, Reid, Chris, "Indoor Industrial Machine Guidance Using Locata: A Pilot Study at BlueScope Steel," Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (2004), Dayton, OH, June 2004, pp. 533-540.
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