mmWave radar based contactless method for estimating parameters of swinging load: Implementation and Validation

This thesis proposes a novel method to estimate the parameters of a suspended swinging load using a 77GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) radar. An experimental scale model setup was created in the lab to simulate a suspended load. The focus of this project is to achieve realtime 2D localization of the swinging load including estimation of displacement, velocity and angle. For this purpose, an AWR1843 mmWave radar was used to acquire two-dimensional point cloud data. This data was compared to two reference measurement devices. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) provides velocity and angle data and an IWR6843 mmWave radar programmed to accurately measure range which is interpreted as x-position in …