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_id	architectural_intelligence2022_9
id	architectural_intelligence2022_9
authors	Roland Snooks
year	2022
title	Behavioral tectonics: agentBody prototypes and the compression of tectonics
doi	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s44223-022-00007-8
source	Architectural Intelligence Journal
summary	This research demonstrates the development of a tectonic approach to architecture through an experimental, iterative methodology. It is a synthetic approach where tectonics and form are engaged in a non-hierarchical negotiation. An architecture where expression, ornament, structure and their spatial consequences are intertwined and inseparable. The design research posited here has been conducted over the past nine years through the sustained development of a series of architectural tectonic experiments called the agentBody Prototypes. These prototypes reify an ambition to compress surface, structure and ornament into a single irreducible assemblage. The agentBody Prototypes are a series of fourteen proto-architectural projects, or fragments, with lead design by Roland Snooks, and research, development and fabrication by the RMIT Architecture \| Tectonic Formation Lab. The paper describes the wider context of this work and includes a brief chronological overview of this trajectory, followed by a series of observations drawn from critical reflection. This paper attempts to draw out the architectural design implications that have emerged through a specific interaction of algorithmic design, and robotic fabrication.
series	Architectural Intelligence
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_id	ijac20108305
id	ijac20108305
authors	Rolvink, Anke; Roel van de Straat, Jeroen Coenders
year	2010
title	Parametric Structural Design and beyond
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 8 - no. 3, pp. 319-336
summary	In order to directly make insightful which implications follow from structural design changes and to be able to adapt a structural design quickly to geometrical design changes made by the architect, the structural engineer may embed a parametric and associative design approach in the structural design process. This approach focuses on parametric modelling and the development of parametric tools which serve specific needs in the structural design process, allowing designers for instance to quickly communicate and discuss alternatives or to inform design team members of structural results of changing design parameters. The paper presents multiple projects within these categories of parametric approaches. They are concentrated on design and analysis with the goal of presenting practical examples of these approaches in structural design which were integrated in the full design process in order to benefit from the qualities of a multi-disciplinary parametric and associative design process.
series	journal
last changed	2019/05/24 09:55

_id	ecaade2013_015
id	ecaade2013_015
authors	Roman, Miro
year	2013
title	Four Chairs and All the Others - Eigenchair
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.405
source	Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 405-414
summary	By contemplating on the Eigenchair project, we ponder upon strategies and concepts of designing by using information technologies. What are the potentials of data driven design? What happens with objects when they are abstracted and reduced to a set of data? The emphasis is no longer on the creation of physical objects, but on conceiving meta-objects in the possibility space. Furthermore, this enables us to manipulate with a whole population of objects, instead of a single object. How do we get this abstract system to relate to the real world? Information technologies have opened up a number of new ways of thinking about the world and the object and they, by far, surpassed the formally simplified expression in design and architecture. Based on intellectual heritage of history and culture, information technologies can, by utilizing and recycling various elements and information, explore the 21st century object.
wos	WOS:000340643600041
keywords	Eigenchair; eigenvector; Principal Component Analysis; data; indexing.
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	sigradi2009_616
id	sigradi2009_616
authors	Romano, Elisabetta
year	2009
title	Cromatização de conjuntos habitacionais: Uma analogia entre cores e notas musicais [Popular dwelling chromaticism - An analogy between colors and musical notes]
source	SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary	The colour is a protagonist in the perception phenomenon. This article shows a method to paint popular houses, based on an analogy between colours and musical notes. The colour palette is obtained by mixing chalk to a popular pigment (pó xadrez) and then establishing equivalence between these colours and a musical scale. The chromaticism is performed according to various generative criteria, one of which adopts the plant as a piano roll, proposing each unit to be painted in the colour of its corresponding note, showing that creative solutions can be achieved including colour modular coordination principles in the design process.
keywords	modular coordination; colour modulation; sound frequencies; colours wavelength; sinestesia
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	ecaade2021_108
id	ecaade2021_108
authors	Romero, Rosaura Noemy Hernandez and Pak, Burak
year	2021
title	Understanding Design Justice in a Bottom-up Housing through Digital Actor-Network Mapping - The case of solidary mobile housing in Brussels
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.1.131
source	Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 131-140
summary	This paper is a study of an ongoing housing project in Brussels (SMH) which involves bottom-up spatial occupation and 'making' by activists, activist architects, social workers and citizens. The particular focus of this paper is on the critical spatial agency of the citizens, activist-architects and artefacts for enabling architectural design justice (ADJ) in the SMH. Building on the Actor-Network Theory of Latour (2005) we developed an analytic method called Actor Link Mapping and Analysis (ALMA) which involves data collection from a wide range of network actors, the generation of a variety of digital network maps, making computational analysis, followed by workshops and interviews to discuss the findings. ALMA was used to recognize potential assets which are essential for design justice practices and networks. The analysis revealed the limits to community control of design processes and practices as well as limits to the conceptual links surrounding socio-spatial equality, thus limits to design justice in the SMH project. Our research also revealed a plethora of new roles and agencies in bottom-up housing production which were essential to understanding the dynamics and power distribution among the different actors.
keywords	Network Mapping; Network Analysis; Housing; Co-creation; Design Justice; Actor-Network Theory
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	2005_507
id	2005_507
authors	Romão, Luis
year	2005
title	Can a Computer Implementation Based on Set Grammars Allow Emergent Shapes?
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2005.507
source	Digital Design: The Quest for New Paradigms [23nd eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9541183-3-2] Lisbon (Portugal) 21-24 September 2005, pp. 507-514
summary	In a previous paper, (Romão 2005) it was shown that a designer could create his own rules and combine them for application in a deterministic way using a computational device based on Set Grammars called SGtools. Using this device, the designer can assess the results in a visual manner and then change the rules without any knowledge of a programming language. This work examines whether SGtools can deal with emergence by coupling the representational abilities of Set Grammars with the search power of hybrid algorithm inspired on Genetic and Taboo search algorithms. The use of this search algorithm enhances the ability of the designer to explore solutions in practical time thereby enabling him/her to find unexpected, emergent solutions.
keywords	Shape Grammars, Generative Design; Prediction and Evaluation
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	ddss2008-27
id	ddss2008-27
authors	Ronald, Nicole; Theo Arentze and Harry Timmermans
year	2008
title	Modelling social aspects of travel behaviourA preliminary review
source	H.J.P. Timmermans, B. de Vries (eds.) 2008, Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, ISBN 978-90-6814-173-3, University of Technology Eindhoven, published on CD
summary	Recent travel forecasting models have focussed strongly upon the fact that travel is derived from the activities in which people participate, such as work, school, shopping, sport, leisure, and social events. Participation in social activities is determined by one's friends and the groups that one is a member of, i.e., their household, their workplace/school, sporting groups, voluntary organisations and clubs. These acquaintances form part of an individual's social network: a representation of the people one interacts with. This paper presents a review of the intersection between social networks and travel behaviour, identifies the key concepts, and discusses how agent-based models could be used to explore the effects of social networks on travel behaviour.
keywords	Agent-based models, social networks, travel behaviour
series	DDSS
last changed	2008/09/01 17:06

_id	4f13
authors	Ronchi, Alfredo M.
year	1994
title	A Brief History of CAAD in Italy
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1994.x.f3n
source	The Virtual Studio [Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design / ISBN 0-9523687-0-6] Glasgow (Scotland) 7-10 September 1994, p. 227
summary	Twenty years of revolution, from the middle '70 to the middle '90. Many things have changed since the origins of computer graphics and computer aided design in architecture. We started teaching drafting on terminals which connected to mini computers, complex procedures or sets of graphics libraries working with keywords, vectors and storage screens. The next step was devoted to the discovery of workstations in the early '80's, where the user sat face on to the whole power of a multitasking system. At that time to use up to 16 time sharing processes running on the same work station seemed to have no practical use at all. Fortunately someone (ie Xerox PARC laboratories) at the same time started to develop the so-called GUI. Graphical user interface started a revolution in human/machine interface (ie Smalltalk). The desktop metaphor, the use of multiple windows and dialogues joined with icons and pop up menus let the user manage more applications and, even more important, created a standard in application/user interface (CUA). In the meantime focus had moved from hardware to software, systems being chosen from the software running. The true revolution we have seen starting from that base and involving an ever increasing number of users was the birth of PC based applications for CAAD. Generally speaking nowadays there are three main technologies concerning teaching: communication, multimedia and virtual reality. The first is the real base for future revolution. In the recent past we have started to learn how to manage information by computers. Now we can start to communicate and share information all over the world in real time. The new age opened by fax, followed by personal communication systems and networks is the entry point for a real revolution. We can work in the virtual office, meet in virtual space and cooperate in workgroups. ATM and ISDN based teleconferencing will provide a real working tool for many. The ever increasing number of e-mail addresses and network connections is carrying us towards the so called 'global village'. The future merger between personal digital assistant and personal communication will be fascinating. Multi & HyperMedia technology is, like a part of VR, a powerful way to share and transfer information in a structured form. We do not need to put things in a serial form removing links because we can transfer knowledge as is. Another interesting and fundamental aspect typical of VR applications is the capability to change cognitive processes from secondary (symbolic - reconstructive) to primary (perceptive - motory). In this way we can learn by direct experience, by experiment as opposed to reading books. All these things will affect not only ways of working but also ways of studying and teaching. Digital communications, multimedia and VR will help students, multimedia titles will provide different kinds of information directly at home using text, images, video clips and sounds. Obviously all those things will not substitute human relationship as a multimedia title does not compete against a book but it helps.
series	eCAADe
last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

_id	87f9
authors	Ronchi, Alfredo M.
year	1995
title	An Hypermedial Object Oriented Approach to Computer Aided Architectural Design
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1995.375
source	Multimedia and Architectural Disciplines [Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe / ISBN 0-9523687-1-4] Palermo (Italy) 16-18 November 1995, pp. 375-388
summary	This paper presents a new approach to hypermedial computer aided architectural design environments. The concept is to create a whole CAAD hypermedia environment based on object oriented approach. This was probably a dream in the past but new technologies make this possible. To introduce the subject let us think to a system based on an object oriented environment, with hypermedia capabilities and dynamic creation of data structures, all these things may be managed by a single application using OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) technology provided by MS Windows. Some years ago we were waiting for a universal browser able to manage all kind of data and formats such as text, images, movies and sounds. Let us think to an object oriented file system, we can store all objects and save relations amongst them, then we can use a browsing or quering template to read and retrieve data. Three cases of study developed by Diset are discussed in this paper: HyperMedia Design Kit, De Architectura and On Line Architectural Sites Projects.
series	eCAADe
more	http://dpce.ing.unipa.it/Webshare/Wwwroot/ecaade95/Pag_45.htm
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	a9bc
authors	Ronchi, Alfredo
year	1991
title	CAAD Technical Information Management by Hypertext
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1991.x.j4d
source	Experiences with CAAD in Education and Practice [eCAADe Conference Proceedings] Munich (Germany) 17-19 October 1991
summary	The research of applications concerning design, sizing and building of computer models have been, during the last years, undoubtedly of great importance and interest. Therefore, analyzing in detail the graphic packages concerning drafting and solid modelling we can undoubtedly say that these are nowadays an integral part of our daily work. In the near future, we can of course expect from those applications, new studies and research mainly concerning an easier start up and the standardization of the graphic interface; if we analyze, for example the well known package AutoCAD we can consider a new real data-base and the redesign of the interface on a graphic base (graphic choice of drawings and blocks, icons for commands, better capability of text editing, pattern editing and stretching, loading capability and visualization of various drawings in graphic windows, full compatibility with MS WINDOWS, etc. etc.). As above mentioned, these studies work on updating well known existing applications aiming to consolidate their uses; one specific section of design not yet supported by computer application is that related to the management of technical and non-technical information, nowadays still written and stored on paper.
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

_id	sigradi2022_65
id	sigradi2022_65
authors	Roncoroni, Umberto
year	2022
title	Programming complex 3D meshes. A generative approach based on shape grammars.
source	Herrera, PC, Dreifuss-Serrano, C, Gómez, P, Arris-Calderon, LF, Critical Appropriations - Proceedings of the XXVI Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2022), Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 7-11 November 2022 , pp. 335–346
summary	This article summarizes the results of art based research developed thanks to a grant by the PUCP University of Lima in 2021-2022. An open source generative solution will be described, based on generative grammars, to create very complex and programmable 3D meshes. Analyzing hundreds of models generated with these algorithms, a solution was found based on the idea of “intelligent meshes”, which change their behavior during the modeling process. This is done using tags, or vertices identifiers, that, like genes, describe the topological characteristics of each vertex and its generative development during the process. Tags can be programmed interactively editing its data with tools provided by the interface or using generative grammars that allow an incredible variety of complex forms and stimulate the user creativity. The research findings also elucidate some important conceptual issues, like the importance of original technology development to defend cultural identity.
keywords	Computational creativity, Cultural identity, Generative grammars
series	SIGraDi
email
last changed	2023/05/16 16:55

_id	a220
authors	Roozenburg, N.F.M. and Cross, N.G.
year	1991
title	Models of the design process: integrating across the disciplines
source	Design Studies, Vol 12, No 4, 215-220
summary	Models of the design process in engineering have converged to a consensus, represented for example by the VDI model. However, after starting from common origins, models of the design process in architectural and industrial design have diverged from the engineering consensus, in response to criticisms from both theorists and practitioners. There now appear to be significant differences between the engineering and architectural/industrial design models. Criticisms of the consensus model of engineering design have also been made, in part reflecting the earlier criticisms of architectural and industrial design models. We discuss the similarities and differences between the two consensus models -- in engineering and architectural/industrial design -- and identify prescriptive versus descriptive emphases. We suggest that attempts should be made to re-integrate the two consensus models, in order to improve education and practice across the disciplines.
series	journal paper
last changed	2003/04/23 15:14

_id	7671
authors	Roozenburg, N.F.M. and Eekels, J.
year	1995
title	Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods
source	John Wiley & Son Ltd., Chichester
summary	More and more the product becomes the key to competitiveness in the manufacturing industry. Designing and developing products is a complex process that requires a systematic approach. This book addresses the methodological problems of that process. The authors deal with the foundations of thinking and practice in product design and product development and give critical overview of the current models, methods and techniques. The overall structure of the product development process exemplified by four case histories.
series	other
last changed	2003/04/23 15:14

_id	sigradi2014_084
id	sigradi2014_084
authors	Rosado, Camila Cardoso Pelá; David Moreno Sperling
year	2014
title	Diagrama: entre projeto e comunicação - o caso BIG [Diagram: between design and communication – the BIG case]
source	SiGraDi 2014 [Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-9974-99-655-7] Uruguay - Montevideo 12 - 14 November 2014, pp. 572-576
summary	This paper presents part of a wider research on interfaces and processes in the production of spatialities in architecture, which focuses on the diagrams as ways of knowledge spatialization. The article is structured in two parts. The first systematizes theoretical aspects and proposes the concept of diagram as topological machine, from which are identified different modes of operation. The second part presents a case study about the diagrams produced by the Danish office BIG (Bjark Ingels Group) to mark one of the inflections of the diagrams in contemporary architecture, directed at communicative pragmatism.
keywords	Diagram; topological machine; design process; communicative pragmatism; BIG
series	SIGRADI
email
last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	caadria2019_283
id	caadria2019_283
authors	Rosenberg, Daniel and Tsamis, Alexandros
year	2019
title	Human-Building Collaboration - A Pedagogical Framework for Smart Building Design
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.171
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 171-180
summary	We introduce Human-Building Collaboration (HBC), a pedagogical framework for the design of next-generation smart buildings in architecture. Using the framework's philosophy, model, and tools we show designers how to enhance smart building performance by increasing and diversifying the ways humans have to share their intelligence with that of the building. We apply this framework through design exercises and present the result of two projects: (1) a tangible wall interface for lighting co-optimization and (2) a shape display facade interface for rainwater purification and reuse. Preliminary findings demonstrate that the framework helped designers proposing new means for humans to collaborate with smart buildings.
keywords	Smart Buildings; Artificial Intelligence ; Tangible Interfaces; Human-Building Interaction ; User Experience Design
series	CAADRIA
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	ecaade2015_155
id	ecaade2015_155
authors	Rosenberg, Eliot; Haeusler, M Hank, Araullo, Rebekah and Gardner, Nicole
year	2015
title	Smart Architecture-Bots & Industry 4.0 Principles for Architecture
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.251
source	Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 251-259
summary	Industrial robots from the automotive industry are being repurposed for use in architecture fabrication research in academic institutions around the globe. They are adapted for a variety of fabrication techniques due to the versatility of their 6-axis arm configuration. Though their physical versatility is an advantage in research, their computational and sensory capabilities are rudimentary and have not evolved significantly in the past forty years of their existence. In the meantime the manufacturing industry has moved on by introducing new forms of manufacturing namely Industry 4.0. In this position paper we look at the characteristics necessary to bring architecture robotics into line with Industry 4.0 standards. By presenting the fabrication process as a relationship model of 'tool-process-outcome' we will examine the way in which these entities and their interrelations might be augmented vis-a-vis Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Social Robotics and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) approaches such as the Tangible User Interface (TUI).
wos	WOS:000372316000030
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	caadria2015_070
id	caadria2015_070
authors	Rosenberg, Eliot; M. Hank Haeusler and Jeffrey Koh
year	2015
title	From Bob the Builder to Baxter the Builder
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.085
source	Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 85-94
summary	Robotics in Architecture is a widely established research field with various notable scholarly contributions. Historically automobile manufactures have established the production and use of robot arms and have consequently had the most impact on the design of robot arms with their demands in mind. Thus one could argument that most robot arms were and are developed for an industry where the product comes to the tool in a fixed site. When translating this mode of production ‘product – tool – site’ to an architectural context one has to admit that the mode of production differs (site varies – tool needs to come to site – product is result of site-specific design enabled by tools). This paper is a position paper that questions if robot arms designed and developed for a different mode of production are the right tools for pursuing digital fabrication in constructing and building architecture. By introducing collaborative robotics the paper discusses and outlines the advantages as well as disadvantages of collaborative robotics systems. It concludes with recent findings in creative and collaborative robotics that could shift the use of industry robots in architecture as a research tool to collaborative robots as a pseudo-human colleague working on construction sites together with humans.
keywords	Robots in Architecture; Digital Fabrication; Collaborative Robotics; Creative Robotics; New Design Tools.
series	CAADRIA
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	ecaade2015_152
id	ecaade2015_152
authors	Rosenberg, Moritz and Straßl, Benjamin
year	2015
title	SHOPGENERATOR v2:Automated Design, Analysis and Optimization of Shopping Layouts
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.503
source	Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 503-512
summary	In shop design a common method to maximize sales is to manipulate the customers through spatial arrangements of shelves and products. The aim of this practice is that shoppers have to spend a long time in the store and pass a high quantity of products. Using this technique requires a lot of empirical analysis of POS (point of sale) data and experimentation with product and shelf arrangements, while not upsetting the customers by guiding them through a “shopping maze”. For this reason we developed a tool that semi-automatically - just a couple of inputs concerning the type of shop are required - creates different shopping layouts which are later analyzed and optimized for visibility and product placement. This tool aims to support shop designers in an early planning stage. This is done by creating and testing a large number of different shopping layouts without having to conduct experiments in an actually built environment..
wos	WOS:000372316000057
series	eCAADe
email
more	https://mh-engage.ltcc.tuwien.ac.at/engage/ui/watch.html?id=51e1517e-6f79-11e5-bdcf-7b685ac8d7c5
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	aa19
authors	Rosenfeld, Y. and Shapira, A.
year	1998
title	Automation of existing tower cranes: economic and technological feasibility
source	Automation in Construction 7 (4) (1998) pp. 285-298
summary	Tower cranes enjoy a long useful working life. Therefore, a vast population of cranes are still in use today that do not feature the advanced automation and sensor technologies such as those with which some of the new models are equipped. This paper examines the technological and economic feasibility of retrofitting existing tower cranes with semi-automatic devices for motion control. The proposed improvements are intended to enhance the cranes' efficiency and their capacity to meet the challenges of today's tightly scheduled construction projects. Based on work studies and analyses of craning cycles, the concept offered by the proposed improvements distinguishes between the long-distance navigation of the crane's hook and the fine maneuvering in the loading and unloading zones. The expected economic benefits resulting from the enhancement of the crane's performance, with regard to both types of motion, far exceed the cost of installing the various devices.
series	journal paper
more	http://www.elsevier.com/locate/autcon
last changed	2003/05/15 21:23

_id	5af8
authors	Rosenfeld, Y.
year	1995
title	Automation of existing cranes: from concept to prototype
source	Automation in Construction 4 (2) (1995) pp. 125-138
summary	This paper describes the conversion of an existing full-scale 5-ton payload crane into a semi-automatic "Handling Robot". By its size, degrees of freedom, and mode of operation this crane resembles typical construction cranes, which can be enhanced in the same manner. The new control system allows operation of the crane in either a manual or a semi-automatic mode, and it can be taught to memorize up to 50 different benchmarks, i.e. particular points at the construction site, as well as safe routes among them. The major components of the system include: a programmable controller, three speed regulators, three encoders, several limit switches, a wireless remote control set, and a user-friendly MMI (Man-Machine-Interface). Most of the components can be installed externally in the vicinity of the crane's joints and inside the cabin, with minimal intervention in the original wiring. Following the physical retrofitting of the crane, a series of tests examined performance, accuracy, repeatability, and safety aspects. They demonstrated a 15-50% shortening of typical work cycles, high accuracy and repeatability, and a generally safer operation due to pre-tested paths and smoother movements with less sway and swing of the load.
keywords	Construction Automation; Construction Cranes; Robotics; Machine Control
series	journal paper
more	http://www.elsevier.com/locate/autcon
last changed	2003/05/15 14:35

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