Roofing is one of the most dangerous construction jobs, accounting for nearly 20% of total construction workplace fatalities in 2019 [1]. Autonomous robotic construction can increase worker safety and the overall workplace efficiency. However, these technologies are often designed for a single project and are not scalable. Therefore, we are applying an inchworm robot platform to shingle a roof with custom data shingles. Our system is a decentralized swarm of inchworm robots designed to collaboratively shingle roofs. These robots are able to communicate and collaborate by storing data within placed shingles. Overall, the use of a decentralized swarm that communicates through the environment will prevent single points of failures and increase reliability.

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Creator

• Benevedes, Eli
• Ferro, Dominic
• Kernan, Filip
• Gould, Samantha

Subject

• Innovation
• Project-Based Learning
• Infrastructure
• Industry
• Environment
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 65811
• E-project-042822-155713

Mot-clé

• simulation
• Shingle
• robot
• SWARM
• ROS
• Inchworm

Advisor

• Pinciroli, Carlo
• Nemitz, Markus
• Lewin, Greg

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2022-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright