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1. Report No.

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient’s Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Deployment Support For AHMCT Research Center Prototype

Machines

5. Report Date

July 24, 2002

6. Performing Organization Code

Author(s):

Aaron E. Raley, Steven A. Velinsky

8. Performing Organization Report No.

UCD-ARR-00-02-06-30-05

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

AHMCT Center

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

UCD Dept of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering

Davis, California 95616-5294

11. Contract or Grant

IA65A0049-T.O.00-08

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

California Department of Transportation

P.O. Box 942873, MS#83

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Final Report

July 1999 - June 2002

Sacramento, CA 94273-0001

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes

16. Abstract

The purpose of work was to provide support to machines developed by the

AHMCT Research Center and deployed into the Caltrans work place.

The scope of deployment support work included working with Caltrans

maintenance and equipment operators for field testing of the various

equipment developed at AHMCT and serving

as a liaison to AHMCT engineering

staff thus expediting the development and commercialization process. This

involved travel to test sites, operation of deployed machines, field repair

and developing reverse engineering solutions, testing of machine and

evaluation of test results, and engineering improvement suggestions.

17. Key Words

Litter, trash, telerobotic control, roadside

maintenance, vacuum collection, articulated

nozzle, ditch cleaner, Embedded Control

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions. This document is available to the

public through the National Technical Information

Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

20. Security Classif. (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classif. (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No. of Pages

148

22. Price

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