FW-HTF-R: US-Ireland R&D Partnership: ARISE: Assembly and Robotics Innovation in Steel Building Erection

FW-HTF-R: 美国-爱尔兰 R

基本信息

批准号：
2222815
负责人：
Debra Laefer
金额：
$ 180万
依托单位：
New York University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-11-01 至 2025-10-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2222815&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
FW HTF US Ireland R&amp

项目摘要

This Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier Research (FW-HTF-R) grant will promote science and national health, prosperity and welfare by considering the Intermeshed Steel Connection (ISC) as new quick, snap together connection to construct buildings with the existing work force and possibly on-site robotics. The research unites micro-economists, robotics experts, and computer scientists with structural engineers and site-safety leaders in the United States, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. This tri-partite team will consider the introduction of a new structural steel connection through the multiple lenses of design, manufacturing, distribution, erection, and performance with respect to cost, safety, schedule, and sustainability metrics. The project critically considers two seminal questions: “What are the technical and human prerequisites and optimal conditions for automation of structural steel assembly in the field?” and “What is the best market entry point for such a disruptive connection?”, in light of the fundamental mismatch between the decision makers, the payees, and the beneficiaries in most large construction projects. Finally, this activity offers an innovative outreach program with broad-based technical dissemination through webinars and workshops, and educational outreach for K-12 students by means of national-level, student competitions.This grant seeks to reap the benefits from advanced manufacturing, robotic assembly, and artificial intelligence (AI) for on-site steel building erection. Automating robotic site erection requires a rethinking of educational and training systems, technology dependence, and safety due to the closer proximity and interactions between humans and machines. The micro-economics behind this new connection and erection approach will also need to be rethought with respect to economies of scale and needed skills. This will be done by developing a quantitative model of technology adoption and diffusion; identifying educational, economic, and technical needs in the structural steel sector; creating accurate, validated numerical models that characterize the non-linear behavior of ISC column-to-column connections under various load combinations; developing a knowledge base on ISC connection design and performance, including physical data for column-to-column connections; evaluating performance using a full-size building testbed; documenting safety, ergonomics, and productivity factors observed through multiple assembly and disassembly of full-size frames; identifying viable routes to on-site construction automation including the influence of high erection tolerances and use of autonomous robots equipped with cameras and AI-based perception; and using virtual reality and augmented reality to develop Computer Vision and AI training to control a Robotic Manipulator.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

人类技术前沿研究的未来工作 (FW-HTF-R) 拨款将通过将互连钢连接 (ISC) 视为一种新的快速、卡扣式连接来建造建筑物，从而促进科学和国民健康、繁荣和福利。该研究小组由美国、北爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国的微观经济学家、机器人专家和计算机科学家以及结构工程师和现场安全负责人组成。会考虑通过设计、制造、分销、安装和性能等多个角度引入新的钢结构连接，涉及成本、安全、进度和可持续性指标，该项目批判性地考虑了两个重要问题：“技术和可持续性是什么。鉴于决策者、收款人和受益人之间的根本不匹配，现场钢结构装配自动化的人力先决条件和最佳条件是什么？”以及“这种颠覆性连接的最佳市场切入点是什么？”最后，在大多数大型建设项目中。提供创新的推广计划，通过网络研讨会和讲习班进行广泛的技术传播，并通过国家级学生竞赛为 K-12 学生提供教育推广。这笔赠款旨在从先进制造、机器人装配和人工技术中获益。由于人与机器之间的距离越来越近，互动更加紧密，自动化机器人现场安装需要重新思考教育和培训系统、技术依赖性和安全性。并且安装方法还需要这将通过开发技术采用和传播的定量模型来实现；确定结构钢行业的教育、经济和技术需求；创建准确、经过验证的数值模型； ISC 柱间连接在各种荷载组合下的非线性行为；开发 ISC 连接设计和性能的知识库，包括使用全尺寸建筑试验台评估柱间连接的物理数据；记录安全，通过全尺寸框架的多次组装和拆卸观察到的人体工程学和生产力因素；确定现场施工自动化的可行路线，包括高安装公差和使用配备摄像头和基于人工智能的感知的自主机器人的影响；该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。