Publications / 2011 Proceedings of the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea

Facade Cleaning Process Analysis and Evaluation for the Development of an Intelligent Robotic System for High-Rise Building Maintenance

Dea Geon Kim, Kwang Youm Kim, Bok Kyu Kim
Pages 1459-1460 (2011 Proceedings of the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea, ISBN 978-89-954572-4-5, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

As residents and building owners demand maintenance that is required to achieve sustainable building performance, efficient building management methods are required. Even though the demand for maintenance systems is increasing, current maintenance work for high-rise buildings mostly uses conventional ropes and gondolas that pose a high risk of accidents and exhibit poor performance and efficiency. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop an automation robot system that can reduce accidents and improve the maintenance efficiency of the conventional high-rise building façade maintenance system. As a preceding work for the development of an automation robot system, this study classified and analyzed the work processes of actual construction sites and proposed basic techniques for the work mechanisms of the robot system by investigating the motions of cleaning workers.

Keywords: High-rise Building Facade Maintenance System, Robot System, Motion Research, Work Mechanism, Cleaning Work Analysis, Basic Techniques