Robotic Ceiling and Wall Drilling With BIM-Guided Vibration Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Construction site workers face challenges with drilling holes in ceilings and walls due to high labor requirements, noise, dust, and vibration from power tools, particularly when working overhead, and existing solutions are often cumbersome and heavy, failing to provide efficient and accurate drilling operations.
Innovation Solution
A robotic drilling apparatus equipped with a lightweight robotic arm, a lifting mechanism, and a control unit that can access BIM files to execute precise drilling operations autonomously, reducing vibration and dust through a vibration-reducing assembly and dust collection shroud, allowing for accurate and efficient hole placement without manual marking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a robotic drilling apparatus is used to improve drilling precision and reduce labor, then manufacturing precision and productivity are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic drilling apparatus is divided into distinct functional modules: a robotic arm for positioning, a drilling device for hole creation, a control unit for autonomous operation, a vibration-reducing assembly for minimizing vibrations, and a dust collection shroud for dust extraction. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary between the BIM file data and the physical drilling operations, translating digital models into precise robotic movements. Additionally, the vibration-reducing assembly serves as an intermediary between the drilling device and the robotic arm, isolating vibrations to protect positioning accuracy.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If vibration-reducing assembly is added to minimize vibrations, then harmful factors are reduced, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration-reducing assembly extracts and isolates vibrations generated during drilling operations, separating the harmful vibrational energy from the robotic arm and positioning system. This allows the robotic arm to maintain positioning accuracy while the drilling device performs its function.
Solution Approach 2:
The vibration-reducing assembly is designed to cushion and dampen vibrations before they can propagate to the robotic arm and affect positioning accuracy. By placing this damping mechanism in advance in the force transmission path, the system proactively prevents vibration-induced positioning errors.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If dust collection shroud is used to reduce dust, then harmful factors are reduced, but device weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dust collection shroud is merged with the robotic arm structure, integrating the dust extraction function into the existing positioning mechanism. This integration allows the shroud to be supported by the robotic arm's own structural elements, minimizing additional weight while maintaining effective dust collection.
4Productivity
If autonomous operation with BIM file integration is implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is configured to autonomously process BIM files and execute drilling operations without continuous human intervention. The system reads the BIM file, extracts drilling parameters, positions the robotic arm, controls the drilling device, and monitors operations automatically, enabling self-service operation that significantly improves productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual marking and measurement process is replaced by digital BIM file integration and automated robotic positioning. The control unit translates digital model data directly into robotic arm coordinates, eliminating the need for manual measurement and marking operations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The robotic drilling apparatus significantly reduces labor and time required for hole drilling, enhances accuracy, minimizes noise and vibration, and allows for autonomous operation, improving safety and efficiency on construction sites by using a robotic arm with a lifting mechanism and vibration-reducing assembly.
Implementation Method 1
a vibration-reducing assembly adapted to minimise or isolate any vibrations generated whilst the drilling device is drilling the hole in the workpiece
Implementation Method 2
dust collection shroud
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AI summary
A robotic drilling apparatus is described which has been adapted for drilling holes in ceilings and walls on a construction site. The apparatus comprises a robotic arm (110) mounted to a substructure (112), wherein the robotic arm (110) has a base end (110a) and a movable end (110b), the base end (110a) being mounted to the substructure (112) and the movable end being capable of movement with respect to the base end (110a) in a three dimensional space, wherein the robotic drilling apparatus (100) further comprises a mount (20) provided on the movable end (110b) for holding a drilling device (122) and a control unit (134) for controlling the operation of the robotic arm (110), wherein the robotic drilling apparatus (100) further comprises an inertial measurement unit, IMU (812), that provides feedback measurements to a robot server (803) of the control unit (134).