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The migrating walls: Continuously reconfigurable interlocking modular discrete structures assembled by mobile robots

  • Victor Sardenberg
  • , Andrea Kondziela
  • , Antonin Brünner
  • , Youssef Daadoush
  • , Hendrik Wiese
  • , Mirco Becker

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Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of different workflows for mobile robotic fabrication using modular building blocks. Different localization, locomotion, and interlocking building systems strategies are tested and compared. The work is influenced by related research into ecosystems of building parts, design software, and builder robots to digitize the construction work. For localization, it compares LIDARs, reacTIVision, and ArUco markers. As a mobile platform, a MIR100 robot platform, a 3.3 m linear axis, and a manual trolly are used. Interlocking components such as wood slates, custom-made bricks, and interlocking wood building blocks are used. The research is in the field of collective robotic construction (CRC) using bespoke robots designed in tandem with specific discrete building blocks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23–48
Number of pages26
JournalSpool
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2024

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • autonomous construction
  • collective robotic construction
  • computer vision
  • discrete architecture
  • interlocking parts
  • Localization
  • mobile platforms
  • mobile robots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Urban Studies
  • Architecture

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