Systematic Design Analysis for (ROD) Design Synthesis Shown at the Example of a Structural Joining System Suited for Robotic Assembly

Based on the concept of “Robot Oriented Design” which was presented at the 5th international symposium on robotics in construction in June 1988, this paper proposes a design analysis for the “ROD” robot-oriented-design synthesis of structural elements. The structural elements are beam and column including their joining system. A systematic method for analyzing the design of a structural joining system is proposed. This should result in the establishment of design catalogs whose content could be used for alterations or redesign and new design synthesis of structural joining systems suited for robotic assembly.