Additive Manufacturing using mobile robots: Opportunities and challenges for building construction

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Autoren

  • Kathrin Dörfler
  • Gido Dielemans
  • Lukas Lachmayer
  • Tobias Recker
  • Annika Raatz
  • Dirk Lowke
  • Markus Gerke

Externe Organisationen

  • Technische Universität München (TUM)
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer106772
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftCement and concrete research
Jahrgang158
Frühes Online-Datum10 Juni 2022
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Aug. 2022

Abstract

In situ Additive Manufacturing (AM) has developed into an active research and industry-transfer area, mainly due to the increasing need for productive and sustainable methods in the concrete construction industry in combination with novel technological enablers. While current systems for in situ AM are often single large-scale stationary facilities, Mobile Additive Manufacturing (MAM) systems are an emerging technology that could provide scalability for AM processes on construction sites. This scalability is achievable through cooperability of multiple mobile robots on individual 3D printing tasks, while their mobility and autonomy enable deployment in both new and existing contexts, and coordination of operations for the direct and indirect interaction with humans. To ensure applicability and scalability, MAM closely integrates architectural, mechanical, and materials design, the manufacturing process, sensing, and control. With this paper, we give a comprehensive review of research trends, open questions and key performance indicators. We support the discussion with potential architectural application scenarios. Overall, we aim to indicate why addressing MAM is an inherently multidisciplinary challenge.

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Additive Manufacturing using mobile robots: Opportunities and challenges for building construction. / Dörfler, Kathrin; Dielemans, Gido; Lachmayer, Lukas et al.
in: Cement and concrete research, Jahrgang 158, 106772, 08.2022.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Dörfler K, Dielemans G, Lachmayer L, Recker T, Raatz A, Lowke D et al. Additive Manufacturing using mobile robots: Opportunities and challenges for building construction. Cement and concrete research. 2022 Aug;158:106772. Epub 2022 Jun 10. doi: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2022.106772
Dörfler, Kathrin ; Dielemans, Gido ; Lachmayer, Lukas et al. / Additive Manufacturing using mobile robots : Opportunities and challenges for building construction. in: Cement and concrete research. 2022 ; Jahrgang 158.
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