Publications / 1990 Proceedings of the 7th ISARC, Bristol, United Kingdom

The Functional Analysis: Results and Application to the Robotization of Construction Operations

Jean-Luc Salagnac, Andre Morel, Gabriel Bensimon
Pages 528-534 (1990 Proceedings of the 7th ISARC, Bristol, United Kingdom, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

Among the methods developed in different research centres and construction association to answer the questions: which construction tasks are to be robotized? How can these tasks be robotized? The functional analysis is an original and complementary answer to more traditional enquiries carried out in working groups. The basic principle of this approach consists in a very detailed decomposition of construction tasks which allows to split any task over a set of few basic functions. These functions are characterized by parameters which give reference indications about the technical feasibility of their robotization. It is then possible too study the robotization of some selected tasks which are necessary to achieve various operation on sites. This menthodology was applied to a set of operations which were selected from an economical analysis of danger and tediousness of work conditions. This paper presents the results of this study. It is pointed out some difficulties in the collection of parameters of the basic functions. These difficulties will need more specific work about experimental and economical analysis. The outlines of these future actions are presented.

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