Computer Aided Methodology for Design of Robots in Construction Industry Applications

New large range robots with hydraulic actuators play a key role in the automation of sevaral important construction tasks and its demand is increasing nowadays. However the steps for design of this type of robots are not structured today, and it is performed in an individual way. This paper presents a new computer aided methodology for design of robots in construction industry applications. This methodology is based on the 3D kinematics CAD toolbox for robot simulation TOROS [1] and software modules linked to 3D dynamics simulation package ADAMS [2].

This methodology has been applied in an iterative way for design of the large range on site assembly ROCCO robot [3] (for wall erection using big blocks) and for a metallic structure inspection robot that is under development now.