Robotics in Construction Industry

International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing, Materials and Energy Engineering 2018

材料科学;能源学

Jayaraj, A.^1 ; Divakar, H.N.^2

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru, India^1

Department of Industrial Production Engineering, National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India^2

关键词: Construction costs;    Construction sites;    Exterior walls;    Labour-intensive;    Light weight;    Service sectors;    Wall paintings;    Work condition;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012114/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012114

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Automation through robots is not a new concept. Many of the manufacturing and service sectors are adopting most sophisticated robots to increase productivity and reliability. Construction industry which is most unorganized and labour intensive is no different. Robots are employed to map the construction site, to lay bricks, to fulfill materials as required etc. But still the modern huge structures and buildings are painted by human laborers. The chemical paints, working height poses high threat to the safety of painters. Adopting a Robot may eliminate these problem by working at great heights and improving the tangible benefits like productivity of painting process, reducing manpower, reducing construction lead time and construction costs thereby improving quality, work conditions, safety. Along with reviewing the development of automated wall painting, two new concepts of light weight, easy to handle exterior wall painting robot is discussed in this paper.