Project description
Automation for construction
Digitalisation and automation have become increasingly important in our everyday lives and industrial sectors worldwide. Due to their benefits, organisations around the world are expressing demand for their novel implementations. The construction sector is crucial to modern society, from urban and rural construction and renovation to repairs, maintenance and disaster relief. However, it has not yet seen many innovations utilising digitalisation and automation. The EU-funded RobetArme project aims to reverse this trend by introducing its human–robot collaborative construction system to automate emerging shotcrete construction technology. This project will pave the way for novel technologies and improve worker safety, workplace efficiency and associated costs.
Objective
RobetArme will deliver a human-robot collaborative construction system for the automation of shotcrete (i.e. concrete spray casting), which is an emerging technology in construction domain. A multitasking Inspection-Reconnaissance mobile manipulator-IRR (ROB) will fuse the latest Geotechnical models (BIM/CIM) (DTT), high-density visual data and semantic SLAM (CERTH) representations to automate modelling and fast reconstruction (DTU) of the surface to be shotcreted. IRR will facilitate rebar reinforcement through metal additive manufacturing (ANIMA) capitalizing on its precise repair skills (EPFL). The Shotcrete and Finishing mobile manipulator ?SFR (COBOD) will apply dexterous concrete placement through closed-loop visual guidance methods, suitable for turbid conditions (KUL). Concrete mix-design and study on innovative reinforced cementitious materials (TITAN) will contribute to the reduction of materials? and water waste during shotcrete. The SFR robot equipped with universal tool changing (ROB) will also automate the surface finishing step through delicate and human-like robot manipulations, enabled from a safety operation toolkit that includes physical human-robot collaboration and human-aware navigation (CERTH). A Digital Twin (DTT) coupled with simulation tools (SDU), advanced decision making (ICE) and task planning (CERTH) skills will facilitate fast and greener shotcrete automation. RobetArme will be evaluated (DS4) on four diverse construction sites, i.e. tunnels/culverts (BYCN), bridges posttensioned boxes (ARUP), beams & piles of buildings (CEAS) and ground support walls (BYCN), assessing its autonomous shotcreting abilities. RobetArme will substantially increase the repair/maintenance automation, will foster adoption of robots in Construction 4.0 era (EFF), while it will increase construction productivity providing flexibility to the maintenance personnel, contribution to standards (UNI) and better quality to their workplaces (MORE).
Fields of science
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software
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570 01 THERMI THESALLONIKIS
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3000 Leuven
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2150 NORDHAVN
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46980 Paterna
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153 51 ATHENS
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111 43 Athina
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50676 Koln
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46800 XATIVA
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33428 Llanera
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4002 Plovdiv
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20135 Milano
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5300-358 BRAGANCA
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1030 Wien
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78280 Guyancourt
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4 Dublin
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2600 Glostrup
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1015 Lausanne
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