On-Site Robotics for Sustainable Construction

Alexandre Dubor; Jean Baptiste Izard; Edouard Cabay; Aldo Sollazzo; Areti Markopoulou; Mariola Rodriguez

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_30

On-Site Robotics for Sustainable Construction

Alexandre Dubor^*
, Jean Baptiste Izard
, Edouard Cabay
, Aldo Sollazzo
, Areti Markopoulou
, Mariola Rodriguez

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Although additive and robotic manufacturing, is considered a tech-nology with lots of potentials in the construction industry, its deployment has not yet reached wide applications for on site construction of sustainable archi-tectural structures. This paper focuses on the deployment of a 3D printing technology that combines robotics with natural materials for the construction of environmentally performing small scale buildings. Cable robots are explored for 3D printing with adobe, while drones are explored for real-time monitoring technologies of the construction process. A full scale prototype of the tech-nology has been deployed during 15 days at an international construction fair, demonstrating its potential by producing live a 20 m2 pavilion. The paper describes and discusses the experience, feasibility and limitations of the tech-nology operating on site and in a direct collaboration with human operators and craftsmen. The prototype demonstration presented in the paper has led to the conclusion that there is a significant potential of using the technology for large scale sustainable architectural constructions on-site.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018
Subtitle of host publication	Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	390-401
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319922942
ISBN (Print)	9783319922935
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_30
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Additive manufacturing Cable robot
Construction site automation
Earth architecture
Monitoring by drone Sustainable construction

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Dubor, A., Izard, J. B., Cabay, E., Sollazzo, A., Markopoulou, A., & Rodriguez, M. (2018). On-Site Robotics for Sustainable Construction. In Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture (pp. 390-401). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_30

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Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture. Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 390-401.

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