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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.

这项未来人类技术前沿研究（FW-HTF-R）拨款将促进科学和国家健康，繁荣和福利，将互联钢连接（ISC）视为新的快速，快速连接，以现有的劳动力和可能的现场机器人建造建筑物。这项研究将微观经济学家、机器人专家和计算机科学家与美国、北方爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国的结构工程师和现场安全领导者联合起来。该三方团队将通过设计、制造、分销、安装和性能等多个方面考虑引入新的结构钢连接，包括成本、安全、进度和可持续性指标。该项目批判性地考虑了两个开创性的问题：“现场钢结构装配自动化的技术和人力先决条件以及最佳条件是什么？”以及“对于这种破坏性连接，最佳的市场切入点是什么？"，鉴于在大多数大型建设项目中，决策者、收款人和受益人之间存在根本性的不匹配。最后，该活动提供了一个创新的推广计划，通过网络研讨会和研讨会进行广泛的技术传播，并通过国家级的学生竞赛为K-12学生提供教育推广。该资助旨在从先进制造，机器人装配和人工智能（AI）中获益，用于现场钢结构建筑安装。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，因为人类和机器之间的距离和互动更近。这种新的连接和安装方法背后的微观经济学也需要在规模经济和所需技能方面进行重新思考。这将通过开发技术采用和传播的定量模型来实现;确定钢结构行业的教育，经济和技术需求;创建准确，有效的数值模型，描述各种荷载组合下ISC柱-柱连接的非线性行为;开发ISC连接设计和性能的知识库，包括柱-柱连接的物理数据;使用全尺寸建筑测试平台评估性能;记录通过多次组装和拆卸全尺寸框架观察到的安全、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，包括高安装公差的影响以及配备摄像头和基于AI的感知的自主机器人的使用;以及使用虚拟现实和增强现实来开发计算机视觉和人工智能培训，以控制机器人操纵器。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。