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An improved multipurpose field robot for installing construction materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2010

Seungyeol Lee ,
Seungnam Yu ,
Seokjong Yu  and
Changsoo Han
Seungyeol Lee
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive Robotics Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea
Seungnam Yu
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
Seokjong Yu
Affiliation:
Handset R & D Center, LG Electronics Inc., Seoul 153-801, Korea
Changsoo Han*
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: cshan@hanyang.ac.kr
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Summary

Recently, there has been a lot of interest concerning remote-controlled robot manipulation in hazardous environments including construction sites, national defense areas, and disaster areas. However, there are problems involving the method of remote control in unstructured work environments such as construction sites. In a previous study, to address these problems, a multipurpose field robot (MFR) system was described. Though the case studies on construction, to which “MFR for installing construction materials” was applied, however, we found some factors to be improved. In this paper, we introduce a prototype of improved multipurpose field robot (IMFR) for construction work. This prototype robot helps a human operator easily install construction materials in remote sites through an upgraded additional module. This module consists of a force feedback joystick and a monitoring device. The human–robot interaction and bilateral communication for strategic control is also described. To evaluate the proposed IMFR, the installation of construction materials was simulated. We simulated the process of installing construction materials, in this case a glass panel. The IMFR was expected to do more accurate work, safely, at construction sites as well as at environmentally hazardous areas that are difficult for humans to approach.

Keywords

Field robotConstruction robotBuildingGlass panelForce feedback joystick
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Robotica , Volume 28 , Issue 7 , December 2010 , pp. 945 - 957
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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