Grant: Applied Research and Technology Partnership Grants

The Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE) Technology Access Centre at Saskatchewan Polytechnic (SaskPolytech) proposes to perform research focused on the development of the infrastructure and tools necessary to support the autonomous operation of equipment in the Mining, Agricultural and Municipal infrastructure sectors. To support autonomous operation, this project will look at localization, determining the position and orientation of objects, to be used in different contexts such as locating objects in relation to other objects and tracking the location of an object over time. While there are Global Positioning System (GPS) solutions on one's phone for example, these solutions are not ideal for all situations. For example, GPS is not available inside a mine and only provides 2 dimensional coordinates. Using different wireless sensors and investigating the different algorithms and techniques we can use with different sensors to create localization systems specific to each of our Industry Partners. We are looking to apply existing research to use alternate methods for localization such that more situations can be accommodated. This project will assist our partners either by further advancing products meant for commercialization or by creating systems to maintain safety of their employees.