ROBETON
Currently, after their useful life, buildings are destroyed with demolition excavators or wrecking balls in a very short time and are rarely disassembled into usable components because the processing of the materials is possible only at the expense of additional resources due to the lack of technical means. Existing tools such as remote-controlled hydraulic demolition machines are controlled only manually and teleoperatively. These systems force workers to perform the entire operation using simple 2D cameras and/or being present (in person) at the construction site, which is why the work can be hazardous to health in addition to requiring a lot of time. The ROBETON research project starts from here and explores a new (partially) automated deconstruction process of concrete components on the construction site.
In the project demolition robots are prototypically developed based on concrete demolition applications and validated together with industrial partners at the Campus West reference construction site. The method will be tested with regard to the deconstruction of concrete components. The concrete slabs will be removed in a minimally invasive way and evaluated for reuse. In this context the applicant’s preliminary work will be used. This preliminary work includes the development of a robot-assisted deconstruction process for thermal insulation composite systems and the digital control of demolition robots.
Duration of the Project
October 2021 until September 2023
Researchers
Christoph Heuer (heuer@ip.rwth-aachen.de), Joo Lee and Victoria Jung (jung@ip.rwth-aachen.de)
