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2019 (English)In: IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019, p. 1595-1598Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The construction industry is today among the least automated industries with a long tradition of utilizing manual labour. Despite the potential benefits of automation, only a few examples of using robots to automate (parts of) construction have been presented over the past years. In this paper we present our ongoing work towards automated installation of reinforcement, a traditionally very heavy and labour intensive work. We use industrial robots and we discuss the potential benefits and challenges of such robotic automation in construction. Our overall goal is to achieve a fully automated robotic solution for flexible serial production of custom made non-identical reinforcement cages. In the paper we highlight and analyse the main challenges that must be addressed in order to reach a functioning and efficient solution.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019
Keywords
Construction industry, Factory automation, Reinforcement, Robotics, Automated industry, Fully automated, Labour-intensive, Non-identical, Potential benefits, Robotic automation, Robotic solutions, Serial production, Industrial robots
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-46535 (URN)10.1109/ETFA.2019.8869343 (DOI)000556596600246 ()2-s2.0-85074194750 (Scopus ID)9781728103037 (ISBN)
Conference
24th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2019, 10 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
2019-12-172019-12-172020-08-20Bibliographically approved