Robotics and Automation for Flight Deck Aircraft Servicing

摘要

One of the missions of the Future Aircraft Carriers Program is to investigate methods that would improve aircraft turnaround servicing activitie son carrier decks. The major objectives and criteria for ealuating alternative aircraft servicing methods are to reduce workload requirements, turnaround times (TAT), and life-cycle costs (LCC). Technologies in the field of Robotics and Automation (R;A) have the potential to significantly contribute to these objectives. The objective of this study was to investigate aircraft servicing functions on carrier decks which would offer the potentially most significant payoff if improved by various R&A technologies. Improvement in this case means reducing workload, time and LCC. This objective was accomplished using a 'bottom-up' formalized approach as described in the following.