RoFab-4iDM: Robotic Fabrication of Tunnel Services using Industry 4.0 for Intelligent Distributed Manufacturing

RoFab-4iDM：利用工业 4.0 实现智能分布式制造的隧道服务机器人制造

• 批准号: 10080713
• 金额: $ 48.39万
• 依托单位: I3D ROBOTICS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10080713
• 关键词: RoFab; 4iDM; Robotic; Fabrication; Tunnel

**_Robotic Fabrication of Tunnel Services using Industry 4.0 for Intelligent Distributed Manufacturing (_**_RoFab-4iDM) addresses safety and productivity problems that occur when fabricating customised mechanical and electrical (M&E) installation bracketry within rail and infrastructure tunnels._**_RoFab-4iDM will radically improve productivity and worker safety by integrating survey, inspection, machining and additive manufacturing operations within an integrated, autonomous "survey-\>design-\>manufacture-\>install" system._****_South Korean partners will apply this technology automating metal pipework repairs within tunnels._**We will combine conventional test techniques with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a digital control environment capable of assessing and designing welds, fabrication, machining and additive manufacturing without human decision-making.**_Innovating to solve real-world problems: Improve worker safety; saving UK taxpayers £16,000 per km_ tunnel built.**RoFab-4iDM has immediate application for tunnelling projects including HS2, capturing benefits of autonomous robotics, while forming tunnel structures using conventional, cost-effective, precast concrete (PCC).No other system of this kind is available.**The issue:**Rail tunnel M&E services are fitted to racking bolted to inserts cast into PCC tunnel sections. Installation tolerance build-up (due to 'roll' of PCC sections) means inserts are often out of position. Safety rules forbid welding and deter drilling new inserts inside tunnels. Therefore, many brackets need bespoke adaptions.**Our proposal:**RoFab-4iDM will combine tunnel design models with as-constructed 3D survey data, using AI to automate design and manufacture of customised bracketry. Each bracket will precisely suit the as-installed inserts, enabling fast robotic installation.* **Precisely determine as-installed position of each insert** - automated scanning rig survey creates digital 3D representation.* **Position-specific, customised standard bracket design** created by AI using digital twin.* **Fabricate bracketry offsite** -- autonomous, adaptive robotic fabrication.The project integrates proven techniques/technologies with a novel digital twin. The demonstrator will develop the digital twin integration from TRL5 to TRL7\.**Further markets:****_Enhancing construction productivity by creating a method for off-site mass manufactured components that are cost-efficient and bespoke._**Bridging the variance between designed ideal/predicted dimensions and as-installed would accelerate wide adoption of pre-manufactured products on construction projects.**_Autonomous repair to regulated standards within hazardous environments._** Applying RoFab-4iDM technologies to other sectors will provide a solution for welding/AM within hazardous environments, avoiding disruption from having to move damaged components to a repair workshop. Future development would be to combine all stages into a **survey-\>design-\>manufacture-\>install** platform, with applications in any industry that requires assessment, repair and remanufacture of steel materials, including rail and civil nuclear decommissioning.

** _使用行业4.0用于智能分布式制造（_ ** _ _ ** _ ROFAB-4IDM）的机器人制造隧道服务，解决了在制造自定义的机械和电气（M＆E）安装括号内的安全性和生产力问题时，会在导轨和基础设施内进行自定义的机械和电气（M＆E）安装括号。在整合的自主“调查 - \>设计 - \>制造 - \>安装”系统中。决策。** _创新解决现实世界中的问题：提高工人安全；储蓄英国的纳税人每公里隧道16,000英镑建造。隧道部分。安装公差积累（由于PCC部分的“滚动”）意味着插入通常是不正确的。安全规则禁止焊接并确定隧道内的新插入物。因此，许多括号需要定制的改编。每个支架将精确地适合安装的插入材料，实现快速的机器人安装。将验证的技术/技术与新颖的数字双胞胎相结合。演示者将开发从TRL5到TRL7 \。的数字双重整合。在危险环境中。未来的开发将是将所有阶段组合成**调查 - \>设计 - \>制造 - \>安装**平台，并在任何需要评估，维修和再制造钢材材料（包括铁路核电站和民用核退役）的行业中应用。