Publications / 1999 Proceedings of the 16th ISARC, Madrid, Spain

A Robotic System for Automated Masonry

E. Gambao, C. Balaguer, F. Gebhart
Pages 599-602 (1999 Proceedings of the 16th ISARC, Madrid, Spain, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

The traditional methods for masonry have reached their system limits and cannot contribute to further effectiveness. Further rationalisation can only be achieved by the reduction of labour and construction times. Therefore a certain innovative leap is required by a system approach that combines the already existing construction technologies with new information and robot technologies. An integrated automation system have been developed in the European ESPRIT III ROCCO (Robot Assembly System for Computer Integrated Construction) project. Block assembly tasks are performed by means of two robotics systems. Industrial partners and research centres from Germany, Spain and Belgium that are linked to the construction industry and robotics have formed the consortium. The most significant aspects related to the development of these robotic systems arc presented in this paper.

Keywords: Computer Integrated Construction:Robotized masonry:Large Range Robots:Adaptive control