Development of System Capable of Spraying Fireproof Covering Materials

As one of the approaches to promote further unmanned construction work using industrial robots for general application, we have developed a robot system capable of spraying fireproof covering materials. The proposed robot system consists of a robot, a control panel, an automatic carriage with a lift, and a gang control plant. Through a trial construction using the robot system at an actual building construction site, we were able to ensure that the robot system enables sprayers to be freed from the physical and mental burdens which result from the generation of dust while fireproof covering materials on structural members are being sprayed, as well as allows for a reduction in labor, and an improvement in working speed, and ensures a high quality of construction.

This paper will describe the background and evolution of the development of the robot system, an overview of the system’s equipment, an operational rundown, the methods used for the system’s development, the procedure used for trial construction, and development of the system in the future.