Agents Network for Automatic Safety Check in Constructing Sites

Aversa, R; Martino, B Di; Natale, M Di; Venticinque, Salvatore

Abstract:

Compliance with safety standards in constructing sites is a mandatory activity that helps prevent a high num ber of fatalities during working activities. Unfortunately, because of negligence or limited resources, safety checks are not performed with regularity and this causes a high number of accidents. This paper proposes a distributed solution for automated checking of safety rules, secure logging of violations, and real-time execution of reactions. The constructing site is modeled as a pervasive environment where software agents, executing on smart devices, can detect and interact with people, machineries, and safety equipment to check the compliance of common behaviors with the safety plan designed for that site. The design is presented as a working prototype of a three layered software/hardware architecture.

Year:

2011

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Pervasive Environment; Embedded Device; Safety

Journal:

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADAPTIVE, RESILIENT AND AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS

Volume:

2(2)

Pages:

23-36