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ArticleOpen research Europe2024

RoBétArmé Project: Human-robot collaborative construction system for shotcrete digitization and automation through advanced perception, cognition, mobility and additive manufacturing skills.

Ioannis Kostavelis, Lazaros Nalpantidis, Renaud Detry, Herman Bruyninckx, Aude Billard, Schlette Christian, Marc Bosch, Konstantinos Andronikidis, Henrik Lund-Nielsen, Pedram Yosefipor and 15 more

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25 authors.

Ioannis KostavelisInformation Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece, 57001, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2882-2914
Lazaros NalpantidisDepartment of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3620-4123
Renaud DetryDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
Herman BruyninckxDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
Aude BillardEcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.
Schlette ChristianFaculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marc BoschRobotnik Automation S.L., Valencia, Spain.
Konstantinos AndronikidisANiMA Technical Commercial SA, Athens, Greece.
Henrik Lund-NielsenCOBOD International A/S, København, Denmark.
Pedram YosefiporCOBOD International A/S, København, Denmark.
Usman WajidInformation Catalyst Sl., Alicante, Spain.
Rahul TomarDigitalTwin Technology GmbH, Cologne, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8000-265X
Fernando LLano MartínezIngenieros Asesores De Construccion SL, Asturias, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9791-193X
Federica FugaroliUNI - Ente Italiano Di Normazione, Milano, Italy.
Despoina PapargyriouTITAN Cement Company SA, Athens, Greece.
Nikolay MehandjievDigital Systems 4.0, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Gash BhullarEuropean Factory Foundation, VIENNA, Austria.
Estefânia GonçalvesMORE - Laboratorio Colaborative Motanhas De Investigacao Associacao, Bragança, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9596-8369
Jonas BentzenChristiansen and Essenbæk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mads EssenbækChristiansen and Essenbæk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christian CremonaBouygues Construction SA, Versailles, France.
Mary WongArup Group Limited, Dublin, Ireland.
Marcos SanchezArup Group Limited, Dublin, Ireland.
Dimitrios GiakoumisInformation Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece, 57001, Greece.
Dimitrios TzovarasInformation Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece, 57001, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The importance of construction automation has grown worldwide, aiming to deliver new machineries for the automation of roads, tunnels, bridges, buildings and earth-work construction. This need is mainly driven by (i) the shortage and rising costs of skilled workers, (ii) the tremendous increased needs for new infrastructures to serve the daily activities and (iii) the immense demand for maintenance of ageing infrastructure. Shotcrete (sprayed concrete) is increasingly becoming popular technology among contractors and builders, as its application is extremely economical and flexible as the growth in construction repairs in developed countries demand excessive automation of concrete placement. Even if shotcrete technology is heavily mechanized, the actual application is still performed manually at a large extend. RoBétArméEuropean project targets the Construction 4.0 transformation of the construction with shotcrete with the adoption of breakthrough technologies such as sensors, augmented reality systems, high-performance computing, additive manufacturing, advanced materials, autonomous robots and simulation systems, technologies that have already been studied and applied so far in Industry 4.0. The paper at hand showcases the development of a novel robotic system with advanced perception, cognition and digitization capabilities for the automation of all phases of shotcrete application. In particular, the challenges and barriers in shotcrete automation are presented and the RoBétArmésuggested solutions are outlined. We introduce a basic conceptual architecture of the system to be developed and we demonstrate the four application scenarios on which the system is designated to operate.

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additive manufacturingautonomous maintenance and inspectionCIM and BIMconstruction collaborative robotdecision-makingDigital TwinIoTshotcrete application

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PMCPMC10879757

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