The NSF was awarded to an interdisciplinary team that includes collaboration between the University of Minnesota Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning and the College of Engineering, as well as external research collaborations with the University of Florida and Washington State University.
KUKA Robotics robots are helping the University of Michigan (U of M) advance research that could lead to robots working alongside people on construction sites as part of a National Science Foundation grant. of $2 million.
Three KUKA KR QUANTEC robots are being used in the study, as well as the company’s Robot Sensor Interface (RSI) software, which will enable human employees to teach robots to perform construction work using task-learning technology. interactive.
The resulting human-robot collaboration could be widely used in the construction industry. The future human construction worker would then assume the role of robot programmer and supervisor, as well as high-level work planning.
When unexpected work situations arise, the robot will execute physically demanding tasks while collaborating with the human supervisor to improvise.
The KR 120, KR 60 and KR 6 are the three QUANTEC KUKA robot models used in this project. The KR 120 is fixed on an external gantry for surveying, while the KR 60 is mounted on a transportable hydraulic excavator platform.
The KUKA KR QUANTEC series of robots are suitable for a wide range of tasks and offer high performance, cost efficiency and adaptability.
With this variety of robotic tools, the University of Michigan can also update payloads in the field and apply software add-ons to accommodate new applications.
Other automation technology that will help U of M overcome this problem and achieve its research goals includes various automation software packages, sensors, point cloud scanners, tool-mounted laser scanners, and vision systems, in addition to the KUKA robots.
If a human approaches, the robots will slow down until it is safe to resume their normal work pace once the person has passed through the area. This is the value of using sensors and scanners to provide perfect security.
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