Robotics in Construction

Saidi, Kamel S.; Böck, Thomas; Georgoulas, Christos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_57

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“…In recent decades we have seen an increase in the use of robots in many different fields of science and engineering [7]. The construction industry, in which previously there was not much research being done, has now been under the spotlight for researchers for the use of robots [2,3,23,26]. There is very little practical use of GOFRs in the construction industry, and even when robots are used in construction, they are fully or partially supervised by human beings.…”

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“…There is very little practical use of GOFRs in the construction industry, and even when robots are used in construction, they are fully or partially supervised by human beings. The reason for the reluctance of the construction industry for the use of GOFRs is that the construction environments are not structured, and therefore safe human-robot interaction is of major concern [1,26]. GOFRs are designed to work in an organized environment where everything is in place for a GOFR to operate.…”

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The Computational Complexity of Controller-Environment Co-design Using Library Selection for Distributed Construction

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Wareham

2019

Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

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Creating specified structures through the coordinated efforts of teams of simple autonomous robots is a significant problem in distributed robotics. All previous effort, both empirical and theoretical, has focused on the problems of designing either controllers or environments which, in tandem with given environments or controllers, built the specified structures. In this paper, we give the results of the first computational and parameterized complexity analyses of the controller-environment co-design problem in the simple case where teams of finite-state robots are designed by selecting controllers from a given library. We show that this problem cannot be solved efficiently in general or under a number of restrictions, and give the first restrictions under which this problem is efficiently solvable.We also consider two elaborations on this problem. First, we analyze the controllerenvironment co-design problem under a new architecture in which robots have a transient memory. Second, we give the first definitions of and derive computational complexity results for stigmergy-related parameters for the controller-environment co-design problem. ii Acknowledgements I would like to express my profound gratitude to Dr. Todd Wareham, my research supervisor, for his academic guidance, untiring support, research grant and his valuable and constructive feedback of this research work. His readiness to accommodate me whenever possible and to help me throughout my research work is much appreciated.

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Section: Swarm Robotics In Constructionmentioning

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The Computational Complexity of Controller-Environment Co-design Using Library Selection for Distributed Construction

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Wareham

2019

Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

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“…Moreover, demanding work must be performed throughout all the building lifecycle, either for construction or regular facility operation, such as cleaning, internal logistics, and sanitation. For these reasons, automation of construction and maintenance operations is a promising and active research area that is expected to have a major role in shaping the future of the building industry [6][7][8].…”

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BIM-Integrated Collaborative Robotics for Application in Building Construction and Maintenance

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The application of robotics in construction is hindered by the site environment, which is unstructured and subject to change. At the same time, however, buildings and corresponding sites can be accurately described by Building Information Modeling (BIM). Such a model contains geometric and semantic data about the construction and operation phases of the building and it is already available at the design phase. We propose a method to leverage BIM for simple yet efficient deployment of robotic systems for construction and operation of buildings. With our proposed approach, BIM is used to provide the robot with a priori geometric and semantic information on the environment and to store information on the operation progress. We present two applications that verify the effectiveness of our proposed method. This system represents a step forward towards an easier application of robots in construction.

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“…The first applications of robotic technologies to the construction industry were designed in Japan during the 70's, in order to improve the quality of prefabricated elements for modular residential buildings. Since then, robots started spreading in the construction industry, slowly moving from factories to actual construction sites [1,2,3]. Differently from other industry fields, where the introduction of robotics technologies radically changed the way human workers operate, the construction industry has not fully experienced its "robotic revolution" yet.…”

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Robotics in the Construction Industry: State of the Art and Future Opportunities

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Argiolas

Bellissima

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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This paper discusses the results of a survey regarding state of the art and possible future opportunities for the application of robotic technologies in the construction industry. The survey was conducted by submitting two distinct questionnaires to Arup's1 most experienced technical and business leaders. The first questionnaire was designed in order to understand the state of the art of robotic technologies in the construction industry, while the second one aimed at identifying promising application scenarios from both the industry and the research point of view. The paper discusses how the questionnaires have been designed and presents the corresponding results.

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Robotics in Construction

Cited by 103 publications

References 31 publications

The Computational Complexity of Controller-Environment Co-design Using Library Selection for Distributed Construction

The Computational Complexity of Controller-Environment Co-design Using Library Selection for Distributed Construction

BIM-Integrated Collaborative Robotics for Application in Building Construction and Maintenance

Robotics in the Construction Industry: State of the Art and Future Opportunities

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