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Automated Robotic Highway Crack Sealing
Machine for UC-Davis / CALTRANS

Photo showing camera & light system at front bumper, with outer system components at rear

Photo showing robot, computer lab, asphalt melters, air compressor and other system components

Photo showing gantry robot and arm extended over rear of truck

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Vehicle Orientaion & Control (VOC)

System Mounted on Test Cart

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VOC system records encoder data as a hard rubber wheels roll on road surface.

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Computer uses encoder data to calculate the change in position & orientation of the truck (cart)

VOC system hardware shown mounted on one side of the truck

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Link to UC-Davis/CALTRANS AHMCT

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Bluegrass Sod Transplanting Machine
3-Row Proof-of-Concept Prototype

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Modular Crank-Shaft &

Jack-Shaft Assembly

Shown in assembled configuration before being mounted on the machine

Some disassembled crankshaft parts are shown here. Note the modular construction of the crankshaft.

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Experimental "No-Till" Grain Drill for
Planting Small Grain Crops in Test Plots 

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