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You work for a surveying company. Main roads WA has contracted your company to set out...

You work for a surveying company. Main roads WA has contracted your company to set out the centre line of a new highway to be constructed. You have found the following video online about a robot that can do the work more effectively:[10 marks]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeTJBxgSjEs

Write a one-page report to convince your line manager of the benefits of using the robot for line marking compared to traditional surveying methods.Use scholarly sources to support your argument.In your report address the following:

1. Accuracy and precision

2. Ease of use

3. Productivity

4. Cost per point

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It would be good and productive for our company if we try and hire a line-maker robot for our company. Below are the specified reasons why I would prefer robots over humans for centre line marking of the new highway :

Accuracy & Precision : As everyone is familiar with the accuracy of the robots. Humans would have possibility to cause some error. Once an Autonomous field making robot was assigned to construct a soccer field and by drone view it was observed that precision of +/-2 cm was there. So it would be sure that in these line making also the precision of robot would be higher than expected.

Easy of use : It would be easy to control the line maker robot as it has to be assigned the task that with given interval it has to construction the lines. It will not cause further problems after the initiation and perform work on the basis of iteration and programs installed in it.

Productivity : Computer have a good tendency that they won't need any rest where as humans would need rest after every interval and their efficiency to work would also be decreased as the time passes every day. So due to that it is obvious that the productivity by robots would be higher.

Cost Per Point : Cost per point would be less as the total cost for marking would be less for the robots as just one operator would be required and the cost of installation of software would be there which may also be used in future where as in human marking it would require minimum 5 labour and time taken would be more resulting in more cost for human marking and economic marking by the line maker robot.

Energid Technology is the among the top companies working on these types of line maker robots for roads.

Ally Wells answered 1 month ago
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