Human-Robot Collaboration and Sensor-Based Robots in Industrial Applications and Construction

Abstract

The first volume of the Adaptive Environments series focuses on Robotic Building, which refers to both physically built robotic environments and robotically supported building processes. Physically built robotic environments consist of reconfigurable, adaptive systems incorporating sensor-actuator mechanisms that enable buildings to interact with their users and surroundings in real-time. These require Design-to-Production and Operation chains that are numerically controlled and (partially or completely) robotically driven. From architectured materials, on- and off-site robotic production to robotic building operation augmenting everyday life, the volume examines achievements of the last decades and outlines potential future developments in Robotic Building. This book offers an overview of the developments within robotics in architecture so far, and explains the future possibilities of this field. The study of interactions between human and non-human agents at building, design, production and operation level will interest readers seeking information on architecture, design-to-robotic-production and design-to-robotic-operation. Intro; Advisory/Reviewer Committee; Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; Editor and Contributors; Abstract; Introduction; References; 1 Visions of Process-Swarm Intelligence and Swarm Robotics in Architectural Design and Construction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Environmentality; 1.3 Diversity; 1.4 Regularity; 1.5 Conclusion; References; 2 Human-Robot Collaboration and Sensor-Based Robots in Industrial Applications and Construction; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Industrial Challenges and Building Construction; 2.1.2 New Possibilities; 2.1.3 Aims and Scope; 2.2 HRC Methods and Principles. 2.2.1 Motivation for HRC2.2.2 What Is Expected from Safety Technology; 2.2.3 Safety Restrictions to Human Robot Co-operation; 2.2.4 New Types of Safety Technology; 2.2.5 Principles of Human-Robot Collaboration; 2.2.6 Safety Challenges of Transferable Robots; 2.2.7 Methods for Co-operative Robot Control; 2.2.8 Sensor-Assisted Control; 2.3 Applications; 2.3.1 Dynamic Safety System; 2.3.2 Industrial Examples; 2.4 Applicability in Building Construction; 2.4.1 Robotized Machining of Molds for Concrete Castings; 2.4.2 Mold Design; 2.4.3 Robot Programming; 2.4.4 Task Execution of Robotic Machining. 2.4.5 Collaborative Sensor Guidance for Robotized Machining of Large Molds2.4.6 Collaborative Sensor Programming and Localizing Measurements; 2.4.7 Casting of Concrete Objects; 2.5 Conclusions; References; 3 Emancipating Architecture: From Fixed Systems of Control to Participatory Structures; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 From Automation to Participation: A Survey of Contemporary Trends in Additive Manufacturing; 3.2 Methods; 3.2.1 Material; 3.2.2 Tool; 3.2.3 Organizational Logic; 3.2.4 Structural System; 3.2.5 Positioning and Feedback System; 3.3 Case Studies. 3.3.1 Case Study 1-Freestanding Structure3.3.2 Case Study 2-Suspended Structure; 3.4 Results and Discussion; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 From Architectured Materials to Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Architectured Materials; 4.3 Computation for Design, Modelling, and Manufacturing; 4.4 Development of the Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing; 4.5 Conclusions and Perspectives; References; 5 Robotic Building as Integration of Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Robotic Building; 5.2.1 Design-to-Robotic-Production. 5.2.2 Design-to-Robotic-Operation5.3 Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation; 5.4 Conclusion; References; 6 Dispositions and Design Patterns for Architectural Robotics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Dispositions for Architectural Robotics; 6.2.1 Drawing from Art and Art History; 6.2.2 Drawing from Environmental Design; 6.2.3 Drawing from Literature; 6.2.4 Drawing from Psychology; 6.2.5 Drawing from Evolutionary Psychology; 6.3 Design Patterns for Architectural Robotics; 6.4 A Taxonomy of Design Patterns for AR and Examples of Each; 6.4.1 The Reconfigurable Environment ("A Room of Many Rooms").