Imagine humans working alongside collaborative robots (cobots), laying bricks to build urgently needed homes for the growing Australian population. This human robot collaboration project will develop a digital design to physical construction workflow for masonry construction using cobots to be employed alongside labourers. Using masonry bricks, the project elevates the efficiency of building brick walls which are essential building elements in the housing industry. Based on observational studies of masonry construction of highly skilled labourers, the project aims to train cobots working alongside human workers to pick and place masonry bricks with precision.
Project team: Dr Muge Belek Fialho Teixeira, Dr Tatheer Zahra, Lloyd Gainey, Anthony Franze, Hamidreza Rafizadeh, Jacob Dawson, Gabriela Valdez Mena
These projects are funded through the Building 4.0 CRC.
