A Robotic System for Automated Masonry

The traditional methods for masonry have reached their system limits and cannot contribute to further effectiveness . Further rationalisation can only be achieved by the reduction of labour and construction times. Therefore a certain innovative leap is required by a system approach that combines the already existing construction technologies with new information and robot technologies . An integrated automation system have been developed in the European ESPRIT III ROCCO (Robot Assembly System for Computer Integrated Construction ) project . Block assembly tasks are performed by means of two robotics systems . Industrial partners and research centres from Germany , Spain and Belgium that are linked to the construction industry and robotics have formed the consortium . The most significant aspects related to the development of these robotic systems are presented in this paper.