Researches have developed intuitive control concepts for cranes. Image: Daniel Delang / TUM
Almost every youngster has dreamed of being able to operate a giant crane. Until now, operating the heavy machines has been extremely complicated. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed concepts for intuitive crane control that make operations seem as easy as child's play. In general anyone using a crane wants to move a load from one place to another. "That means I want to move the hook which is holding the load from A to B," says Felix Top of the TUM Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics. However, today's conventional crane systems control not the hook, but rather the individual drives of the crane. The reason: In the past the control levers were directly connected with the drives.
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