As part of a $2 million National Science Foundation Grant, robots from KUKA Robotics are helping the University of Michigan (U of M) advance research that could result in robots working side-by-side with humans on building construction sites. The research involves three KUKA KR QUANTEC robots along with the company’s robot sensor interface (RSI) software, all of which will allow human workers to use interactive task learning technology to teach the robots to perform construction tasks.
然后由此产生的共生人员团队可以广泛部署在建筑业。然后，未来的人类建筑工人将负责高级工作规划，并转变为机器人程序员和主管的角色。机器人将在遇到不可预见的工作条件时，与人类主管进行身体艰苦的任务，并与人类主管合作即可即兴创作。
The three QUANTEC KUKA robot models used across two labs at U of M are the KR 120, KR 60 and KR 6. For the research, the KR 120 is mounted on an external gantry while the KR 60 is on essentially a mobile hydraulic excavator platform. The KR 120 would be used for factory prefab/pre-manufacturing of construction assemblies, and the KR 60 would be the robot that would travel to job sites.
Kuka的KR Quantec Robots适用于各种应用，并提供高性能，成本效益和灵活性。这种膨胀机器人组合还提供了M个升级现场有效载荷的能力，以及应用软件加载项以适应更改应用程序。
What makes the construction application a challenge is the unstructured and changing environment in which the robots will work. In addition to the KUKA robotics, other automation technology that will help U of M overcome this challenge and make its research goals a reality includes various automation software packages, sensors, point cloud scanners, tool mounted laser scanners and vision systems. The sensors and scanners ensure complete safety in the construction environments where humans will be present, but not working in extreme proximity to the robots. However, if an individual does approach, the robots will slow their speed until it is safe to resume normal work pace levels once that person is clear of the area.
NSF Grant被授予跨学科团队，并涵盖了塔邦建筑与城市规划和工程学院与佛罗里达大学和华盛顿州立大学的工程学院之间的合作。M研究团队的U Cheach Coupe包括Wes McGee，这是泰博尔曼学院卓越的制造和机器人实验室（Fablab）的建筑副教授和主任;Carol Menassa（团队领导），土木和环境工程副教授;土木和环境工程与电气工程和计算机科学教授的Vineet Kamat;Joyce柴，电气工程和计算机科学教授;Honglak Lee，电气工程与计算机科学副教授;Arash Adel是建筑助理教授的;X. Jessie Yang，工业与运营工程助理教授;和M城市协作的U常务董事和崔罗夫
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