The Feasibility of Construction Robotics in Finland and Norway

Koskela, Lauri; Lempinen, Heikki; Salo, Esko

doi:10.22260/isarc1989/0010

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“…These difficulties are not unrelated to the question asked by the construction robotics community. Analysis of construction robotics feasibility studies from different countries [4,5,6,9,14] shows that the primary question asked has been: To which construction tasks can robotics be applied? This approach is quite appropriate in the early phases of a new technology.…”

Section: The Status Of Construction Robotics Randdmentioning

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Process Improvement and Automation in Construction: Opposing or Complementing Approaches?

Koskela¹

1992

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

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It is widely recognized that there must be wide-ranging changes in construction before automation can be implemented in practice. On the other hand, the innovation rate of construction is rather low, and thus it is unclear, how the steps necessary for automation could be realized. It is argued, that an insufficient attention to process improvement is a major barrier to automation and other technological progress of construction.

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Section: The Status Of Construction Robotics Randdmentioning

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Process Improvement and Automation in Construction: Opposing or Complementing Approaches?

Koskela¹

1992

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

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“…Wall cladding with ceramic tiles was chosen to the first test application after several years of studies [ 1]. The related development at Technion [2] has been followed keenly.…”

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Development of Mobile Tile Cladding Robot System

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Sainio

et al. 1991

Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC)

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An inner construction work robot test system has been designed and evaluated at VTT. The designed, but partially realized, robot system could reach and transfer a pay-load of 10 kg to any inner surface of such a room in any orientation, the maximum height of which is close to the required 3.2 m.The system consists also of a track based vehicle and process tooling for automated cladding of ceramic tiles . The system can be moved on the construction site using its caterpillar track locomotion. It is connected to the stationary control equipment and energy source with a set of cables.Wall cladding with ceramic tiles is the first test application . Suction cup based gripper equipped with three ultrasonic and a six axis Force /Torque sensor is used. Information of these sensors is fused to decrease radically the ± 50 mm inaccuracy of all nominal positions and navigation error.

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