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RobetArme project: automation for construction

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RobetArme project: automation for construction

20 October 2022
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.
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The RoBétArmé project aims toward a step-change in the Construction 4.0 by automating particularly laborious construction tasks in all phases of shotcrete application.

 

To this end RoBétArmé will deliver collaborative construction mobile manipulators, consisting of an:

 

  • Inspection Reconnaissance manipulator (IRR) to address fast, high precision modelling and rebar reinforcement through metal additive manufacturing in the preparatory phase, and;
  • A Shotcrete and Finishing mobile manipulator (SFR) to address autonomous shotcrete application and surface finishing during the construction and finishing phase, respectively.
  • RoBétArmé is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon program and will have a duration of 42 months.

Objectives

  • Develop a cognitive robot platform that address the complete chain of shotcrete application for autonomous construction, maintenance, and monitoring activities of infrastructures.
  • Develop an advanced high-precision and real-time infrastructure perception system through AI- enabled technologies and multimodal sensor fusion.
  • Develop cognitive and adaptable human-robot collaboration control schemes for dexterous execution of construction and maintenance tasks.
  • Release advanced modelling tools tailored to the Building and Construction Information Models for the fast and greener implementation of automated construction activities.
  • Develop cognitive Digital Twin and simulation environments for construction monitoring, diagnostics, and orchestration activities.
  • Commercialization and exploitation in application cases with economic impact in European construction industry.

Partners

  • ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
  • DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
  • KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
  • SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET
  • COBOD INTERNATIONAL A/S
  • ROBOTNIK AUTOMATION SLL
  • ANIMA TECHNIKI EMPORIKI ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS
  • TITAN CEMENT COMPANY AE
  • DIGITALTWIN TECHNOLOGY GMBH
  • INFORMATION CATALYST SL
  • INGENIEROS ASESORES DE CONSTRUCCION SL
  • DIGITAL SYSTEMS 4.0
  • UNI - ENTE ITALIANO DI NORMAZIONE
  • MORE - LABORATORIO COLABORATIVO MONTANHAS DE INVESTIGACAO ASSOCIACAO
  • EUROPEAN FACTORY FOUNDATION
  • BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION
  • OVE ARUP & PARTNERS IRELAND LIMITED
  • CHRISTIANSEN & ESSENBAEK A/S

Start date: 1 June 2022 - End date: 30 November 2025

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101058731.

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