A TCP/IP-based remote control system for yard cranes in a port container terminal

Authors:
J. Y. Kim
Affiliations:
(Corresponding author) Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Tongmyong University of Information Technology, 535, Yongdang-dong, Nam-gu, Busan 608-711 (South Korea). E-mail: kjy97@tit.ac.kr
Venue:
Robotica
Year:
2006

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Abstract

If one operator in a remote operating room can operate 4 ∼ 5 cranes remotely, which are yard cranes for container loading/unloading in a port container terminal, the port loading/unloading efficiency will dramatically be improved through productivity increase, cost reduction, and so on. This study presents a remote crane control system for container loading/unloading yard cranes of port container terminals. First, a wireless web-based video and audio transmission system to transmit the images and the sounds of a craneyard is designed by using 3 web cameras and a microphone. Next, a TCP/IP-based remote crane control system is presented on the basis of the delay performance simulations of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) for real-time remote control. The simulation results show that TCP is more advantageous for remote crane control on a local network.