Paper Info
Title
An improved multipurpose field robot for installing construction materials
Abstract
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1017/S0263574710000573
Robotica
Keywords
DocType
Volume
multipurpose field robot,construction site,accurate work,remote-controlled robot manipulation,prototype robot,proposed IMFR,improved multipurpose field robot,construction material,robot interaction,construction work
Journal
28
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
0263-5747
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
8
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Seungyeol Lee111.64
Seung-Nam Yu232.13
Seokjong Yu3102.71
Chang-Soo Han43414.65