Robotic deployment on construction sites: considerations for safety and productivity impact

2024/04/19 by Rafael Gomes Braga, Muhammad Owais Tahir, Braga, Rafael Gomes +5
Engineering · Health Professions · #Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization #BIM and Construction Integration #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Occupational Health and Safety Research #Robotics (cs.RO)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2404.13143

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Abstract

Deploying mobile robots in construction sites to collaborate with workers or perform automated tasks such as surveillance and inspections carries the potential to greatly increase productivity, reduce human errors, and save costs. However ensuring human safety is a major concern, and the rough and dynamic construction environments pose multiple challenges for robot deployment. In this paper, we present the insights we obtained from our collaborations with construction companies in Canada and discuss our experiences deploying a semi-autonomous mobile robot in real construction scenarios.

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