US 11,911,911 B2
Near-site robotic construction system and method for prefabrications of construction components
Shih-Chung Kang, Taipei (TW); Liang-Ting Tsai, Taipei (TW); and Cheng-Hsuan Yang, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SMART BUILDING TECH CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed by SMART BUILDING TECH CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/218,444.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,143, filed on Apr. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316457 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01)
CPC B25J 9/1671 (2013.01) [B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A near-site robotic construction system, comprising:
a work station situated on a near-site position in a close proximity to a building foundation on which a building is under construction and providing shelter and workspace for at least one robot to work; and
a computer-assisted cloud based near-site robotic construction platform installed on a cloud server system and configured to provide for a user to operate the computer-assisted cloud based near-site robotic construction platform through a web browser, import a building information modelling data, and plan a motion command set comprising a motion path and a sequence of motions partly based on the imported building information modelling data by performing intelligent algorithms,
wherein the at least one robot is configured to work in accordance with the motion command set to prefabricate a plurality of components for the building in the work station on the near-site position,
wherein the computer-assisted cloud based near-site robotic construction platform further comprises a robot trajectory simulator module and a robot motion simulator module,
wherein the robot trajectory simulator module is configured to:
provide a trajectory visualization and interactive programming interface showing a visualization for a plurality of robot trajectories, a material arrangement and a layout of a working space of the at least one robot in the work station, wherein the trajectory visualization and interactive programming interface is further configured to:
perform a collision check to automatically generate a motion combination including a plurality of robotic basic motions with a plurality of collision-free robot trajectories or provide for the user to manually generate the plurality of collision-free robot trajectories by manually performing a trial-and-error test including arranging or adjusting sequences of a plurality of blocks representing the plurality of robotic basic motions to form the motion combination, manually activating the collision check by clicking an activation button, and using the motion combination passing the collision check, wherein the plurality of blocks and the activation button are shown in the trajectory visualization and interactive programming interface; and
automatically compute, arrange, coordinate and schedule a workflow for the plurality of robotic basic motions with the manually-generated plurality of collision-free robot trajectories for the at least one robot among a plurality of robots to fabricate the plurality of components,
wherein the robot motion simulator module is configured to:
provide a motion visualization and interactive programming interface showing the visualization for robot motions that form the motion command set and are established in accordance with the generated plurality of robotic basic motions with the manually-generated plurality of collision-free robot trajectories.