A Tethered Façade Cleaning Robot Based on a Dual Rope Windlass Climbing Mechanism: Design and Experiments

Chae, Hobyeong; Moon, Young Shik; Lee, Kyunguk; Park, SungJun; Kim, Hwa Soo; Seo, TaeWon

doi:10.1109/tmech.2022.3172689

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“…In the context of heritage buildings, the inherent complexity, size and bespoke nature of the vast majority of historic structures have rendered most of the robotic platforms currently available of limited use and difficult to deploy. Indeed, most robotic platforms are noted in the context of contemporary construction and architectural forms that are more likely to be characterised as being relatively homogenous and uniform in external form relative to historic buildings (e.g., climbing robots with vacuum/suction mechanisms [137,138]. That said, unmanned automated vehicles (UAVs) have been successfully used for attaining digital reality capture data from heights [139] and in confined spaces [140,141] (Figure 7).…”

Section: Robotic Applications For Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Kennedy,

Penman,

Watkinson

et al. 2024

Heritage

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Heritage science is an established and thriving field of enquiry. Initially considered as inherently cross-disciplinary, encompassing both the needs of conservators and practitioners and the high-quality evidence produced by scientists, heritage science has, through its expansion in recent years, formed a discipline in its own right. Here, we examine how heritage science can, and to an extent has, moved beyond the straightforward scientific analysis of historical materials and artefacts through an exploration of heritage science’s interactions with four key themes: (i) historical and archival research, (ii) conservation practice, (iii) policy at governmental, organisational and institutional levels, and (iv) a view to how new technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, can shape the future of heritage science. Much of the review narrative is framed via the analysis of UK-based case studies; however, they deal with issues that are international in nature (universal) and therefore transcend the UK context. Taken together, we demonstrate that heritage science as a discipline is capable of directly instigating or (re-)framing new areas or avenues of research, as well as enhancing and feeding into existing research questions, and has adapted and evolved along with emerging technologies and funding opportunities.

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Section: Robotic Applications For Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Kennedy,

Penman,

Watkinson

et al. 2024

Heritage

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“…Mantis can overcome window frames, detecting them with an inductive sensor. Chae et al designed a novel rope-driven wall-cleaning robot, Edelstro-M2 [34]. Edelstro-M2 can move vertically and horizontally with a dual rope-climbing mechanism and parallel kinematics and can be operated by just fixing two pieces of rope on roof anchors.…”

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confidence: 99%

Window Shape Estimation for Glass Façade-Cleaning Robot

et al. 2023

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This paper presents an approach to the estimation of a window shape for increasing the adaptability of glass façade-cleaning robots to different buildings. For this approach, a window scanning robot equipped with a 2D laser range scanner installed perpendicularly to a window surface is developed for the testbed, and a method for the window shape estimation is proposed, which consists of the robot’s pose estimation with an extended Kalman filter (EKF) and the loop closure based on the robot’s pose estimated. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through an experiment that is carried out on a window placed on a floor. The experimental results show that the window scanning robot can acquire a window shape, moving on a window surface, and the proposed approach is effective in increasing the accuracy of the window shape estimation.

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From muscular to dexterous: A systematic review to understand the robotic taxonomy in construction and effectiveness

Gao,

Shu,

Xia

et al. 2024

Journal of Field Robotics

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This work presents an investigation of robotic technologies' effectiveness in construction activities. Sixty‐four highly relevant publications were identified from the database. By systematically reviewing the publications, the secondary data that are of interest to the review theme were retrieved and further evaluated. It is found that robotic technologies for automated construction is a growing field, where the taxonomy of robot was reflected in a diversified manner in the existing studies, ranging from the muscular guy—robotic manipulator—to the dexterous ones—unmanned aerial vehicle, autonomous mobile robot, automated guided vehicle, autonomous construction machinery and quadruped robot. In addition, the existing studies have provided substantial evidence to reveal the robotic technologies' effectiveness against traditional human methods in construction scenarios, and the measures for effectiveness consisted of productivity, precision, and success rate. With the evidence, it seems that the construction sector could benefit from robotic technologies to achieve intelligent workflows. Furthermore, based on the existing knowledge foundation in the current literature, a theoretical framework for future research direction is proposed. The framework envisages the integration of large models with construction robots to address operational inefficiencies, reduce costs, and simplify management.

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A Tethered Façade Cleaning Robot Based on a Dual Rope Windlass Climbing Mechanism: Design and Experiments

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Beyond Heritage Science: A Review

Window Shape Estimation for Glass Façade-Cleaning Robot

From muscular to dexterous: A systematic review to understand the robotic taxonomy in construction and effectiveness

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