Collab. Augmented Assembly
#AR #Human-machine-collaboration #Assembly
Research, Teaching
2023
Recent years have witnessed significant advances in computational design and robotic fabrication for large-scale manufacturing. Although these advances have enhanced the speed, precision, and reproducibility of digital fabrication processes, they often lack adaptability and fail to integrate manual actions in a digital model. Addressing this challenge, the present study introduces cooperative augmented assembly (CAA), a phone-based mobile Augmented Reality (AR) application that facilitates cooperative assembly of complex timber structures between humans and robots. CAA enables augmented manual assembly, intuitive robot control and supervision, and task sharing between humans and robots, creating an adaptive digital fabrication process. To allocate tasks to manual or robotic actions, the mobile AR application allows multiple users to access a shared digital workspace. This is achieved through a flexible communication system that allows numerous users and robots to cooperate seamlessly. By harnessing a cloud-based augmented reality system in combination with an adaptive digital model, CAA aims to better incorporate human actions in robotic fabrication setups, facilitating human–machine cooperation workflows and establishing a highly intuitive, adaptable digital fabrication process within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction sector.
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Doerfler (TU Munich), Lidia Atanasova (TU Munich), Tizian Rein (TU Munich), Prof. Dr. Pierluigi D'Acunto (TU Munich), Frederic Chovghi (TU Munich), Dr. Majid Hojjat
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| ETH Zurich, Gramazio Kohler Research Prof. Dr. Daniela Mitterberger, Eleni Alexi, Joseph Kenny This research was part of the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication program 2022-23 at ETH Zürich and is part of the master thesis of Eleni Vasiliki Alexi and Joseph Clair Kenny. In collaboration with: |
Workshop at Future of Construction 2023 and Seminar of “Computational Design and Fabrication”, Sept. 13-15, 2023
This research was tested in a workshop at Future of Construction 2023, held from September 13-15, 2023 and by students from the Seminar of “Computational Design and Fabrication” of the year 2022-2023 at TUM who designed the structure and assisted in the fabrication.
The workshop at Future of Construction 2023 focused on a human-robot assembly workflow where two collaborative robots placed and stabilized building components while humans assembled them. Participants used a mobile Augmented Reality interface that integrated task management and robot control, enabling a shared digital-physical workspace for effective collaboration.
The workshop at Future of Construction 2023 focused on a human-robot assembly workflow where two collaborative robots placed and stabilized building components while humans assembled them. Participants used a mobile Augmented Reality interface that integrated task management and robot control, enabling a shared digital-physical workspace for effective collaboration.