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#51 2023-03-23 11:43:23

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Re: Teleoperation

This post is an update from a company that is currently offering remote teleoperation support services...

The email is about their participation in a trade show recently.

Hi Tahanson43206,

It’s the last day for ProMat 2023! Where did the time go?

If you haven’t made it over yet to see Phantom Auto’s award-winning remote operation technology in action at booth #N6062, now’s the time. Our remote drivers have been operating forklifts in Texas, Tennessee, and California directly from the show floor all this week.

Our technology enables people to remotely drive vehicle fleets from up to thousands of miles away.

At Phantom, we're helping companies fill jobs by connecting them with drivers who can work from anywhere. Since winning the MHI Innovation Award for Best New Product at MODEX 2022, we’ve deployed with enterprise companies around the United States.

ProMat is almost over! Catch us at booth #N6062 before the end of the show.

I am expecting work that can be placed on the Internet will be, except for those workers who ** want ** to be doing whatever the work is at a job site.


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#52 2023-04-07 07:51:27

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Re: Teleoperation

This post includes another email from the company that recently participated in a trade show ...

They are offering opportunities for folks who did not attend the show to see videos about it ....

Teleoperation is going to be a major part of the environment on Mars.  Work done on Earth will be adapted to the more challenging Mars situation.

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Hi tahanson43206,


What a week at ProMat 2023! Even if you weren't able to attend, we wanted to reach out with a recap video to show what we exhibited at the event.

Five Phantom Auto remote operators were at work all week at ProMat remotely driving forklifts for customers at locations in Texas, Tennessee, and California, directly from the show floor in Chicago.

ProMat recap

At Phantom Auto we're solving labor problems in logistics with our remote operation technology. We won the 2022 MHI Innovation Award for Best New Product, and were recognized by TIME as a Best Invention of 2022.

We're deployed in production environments with multiple enterprise customers across North America, including 1/3 of the top 12 3PLs in the country. Our solution enables people to remotely drive forklifts from up to thousands of miles away.

Let's connect soon! We'd like to learn more about your material handling operations. Our team of experts can consult on the best way for you to get started with remotely operated material handling solutions.

Click below to schedule a private demo, or respond directly to this email and someone from our team will be in touch with you shortly.
Schedule a Demo

In the meantime, you can check out these resources to learn more about Phantom. We encourage you to forward these to folks in your organization, too!

    Phantom Auto Intro
    Safety One-Pager
    Operators-as-a-Service One-Pager

See you again soon!

Thanks,

Phantom Auto

If anyone is interested, I can provide the links.

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#53 2023-04-12 06:20:57

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Re: Teleoperation

The post quoted below is from RobertDyck.  It came from a discussion about asteroid mining, and it provides information about the use of teleoperation in uranium mines in Canada. 

RobertDyck wrote:

kbd512,
There are many Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) in orbit about the Sun that are closer to Earth than Mars or Venus. Propellant to reach them is less than propellant required to land on the Moon and take off again. The reason is gravity; asteroids have such weak gravity than landing on one takes negligible propellant, and lifting off also takes negligible propellant. Remote mining technology already exists. After a mine cave-in, a number of companies developed remote mining. Vehicles with drills to place explosives, and loaders to "muck" the rubble after explosion are operated remotely from the surface. Video cameras on the vehicles, and radio control. A nickel mining company called Inco was developing a fully automated loader that did not require an operator. However, all those Canadian companies that worked on remote mining technology were bought by foreign interests. This automated mining technology can be adapted for asteroids. The Moon is 384,399 km from Earth (semi-major axis), and the speed of light in vacuum is 299,792.458 km/s so a radio signal takes 1.28 second to reach the Moon, and an equal time to return. A radio signal to an NEA could take 1 to 20 minutes each way, depending on it's position in orbit about the Sun. But with automated mining, that is practical.

Smelting is very much easier on a metal asteroid. All you need is 200°C at 1 atmosphere pressure with pure carbon monoxide to convert nickel into a vapour. Draw that vapour into a second chamber, heat is slightly more and the vapour decomposes into nickel metal and carbon monoxide gas. This is the Mond process. It also work with iron, but at higher temperatures. And with cobalt at still higher temperatures. These temperatures can be achieved with a parabolic mirror to concentrate sunlight. The ease of smelting is what makes them so attractive. Smelting an oxide ore requires much higher temperatures, a blast furnace has exit temperature of 1,510°C. A Bessemer operates at 1,700°C. This is the attraction of metal asteroids.

Teleoperation is in use in Australia, where mining machinery is operated by personnel located some distance away.

In the United States, posts earlier in this topic report on remote forklift operations, and other similar remote machinery operations.

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#54 2023-05-21 06:17:11

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Re: Teleoperation

From reports I am receiving, the business of Uber style teleoperation is growing rapidly.  Later today, I'll add a link to an email I received recently from one of the companies building it's clientele and workforce on Earth today.

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#55 2023-05-21 06:41:44

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Re: Teleoperation

I just re-read this topic from the top. Thanks (again) to the forum members who contributed helpful suggestions or inquiries.

This topic is slowly building up a body of knowledge/insight/advice that a person might find useful.

Here are some specific posts that might be of interest to someone looking for work in a remote Internet mediated context:

Search
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 26#p202526

Phantom
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 86#p204986

Industry
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 88#p204988

Phantom
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 20#p208020

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#56 2023-05-21 08:19:16

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Re: Teleoperation

Here is an update from Phantom. Apache blocked the full post.

Text was removed until Apache accepted whatever is left.

Monthly Roundup | May 2023
       
A Phantom Auto Remote Operator at Work
CJ Logistics America Warehouse Operations Deploy Phantom Auto Remotely Operated Forklifts

Here is a link to the web source of the email: http://phantom-9041374.hs-sites.com/pha … e=hs_email

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#57 2023-05-21 08:21:47

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Re: Teleoperation

This is a follow up attempt to deliver content from an email form Phantom:

At a CJ Logistics America warehouse near Dallas, TX, forklifts operated remotely by Phantom Auto drivers over 750 miles away ...

Here is a link to the web source of the email: http://phantom-9041374.hs-sites.com/pha … e=hs_email

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#58 2023-05-21 08:24:37

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Re: Teleoperation

The Apache Error is working with a vengence today.

Continuing, line by line if necessary ...

... unload double stacked pallets from inbound trucks, moving them to the dock ...

Here is a link to the web source of the email: http://phantom-9041374.hs-sites.com/pha … e=hs_email

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#59 2023-05-21 08:25:28

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Re: Teleoperation

The Apache error is ** really ** in force today ... Giving up for now....

Here is a link to the web version of the email: http://phantom-9041374.hs-sites.com/pha … e=hs_email

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