A Technology Management System for the Development of Single-Task Construction Robots

Due to the sharply growing interest worldwide of “hard” physical-mechanical robot systems for the execution of on-site construction tasks (i.e. Single-Task Construction Robots, STCRs), development projects need a systematic design-management system to integrate the different needs and aims of stakeholders. This paper proposes a STCR Technology Management System (STCR-TMS) for the complete development cycle of STCR designs. The STCR-TMS is based on established principles from systems engineering and management and STCR-specific activities developed and tested by the authors as standalone elements in previous research work. The application of the STCR-TMS revealed the practicability of the method and the underlying concepts to provide practical guidance for the development process. Additional findings indicate that the method is sufficiently generic and flexible for application to different types of robots and in different world regions. This research has also shown that key activities need to be addressed to increase the practicability of the STCR-TMS. A unique characteristic of this method is the evolution with each utilization cycle. In addition, individual elements are interchangeable and can be adapted based on the external circumstances. These properties allow the TMS to be applied to other fields in construction robotics. With the progression of the verification and validation of the method, know-how and certain elements can be fed into standardization activities (e.g. establishing a Management System Standard (MSS)).      «

Due to the sharply growing interest worldwide of “hard” physical-mechanical robot systems for the execution of on-site construction tasks (i.e. Single-Task Construction Robots, STCRs), development projects need a systematic design-management system to integrate the different needs and aims of stakeholders. This paper proposes a STCR Technology Management System (STCR-TMS) for the complete development cycle of STCR designs. The STCR-TMS is based on established principles from systems engineering...     »

Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) for selfarchivation. This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted else-where without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.' https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CI-06-2019-0053/full/html Citation Linner, T., Pan, W., Hu, R., Zhao, C., Iturralde, K., Taghavi, M., Trummer, J., Schlandt, M. and Bock, T. (2019), "A technology management system for the development of single-task construction robots", Construction Innovation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-06-2019-0053      «

Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) for selfarchivation. This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted else-where without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.' https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/CI-06-2019-0053/full/html Citation Linner, T., Pan, W., Hu, R., Zhao, C., Iturralde, K., Taghavi, M....     »

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