Recently, Bozhilin Robotics, a subsidiary of Country Garden, released 9 construction robots at once, including floor robots, indoor spraying robots, floor tile paving robots and wall tile paving robots.
It must be noted that this is not a concept release, not a PPT, not a model, but a finished product that has been put into actual use. It is reported that the construction robots released by Country Garden this time have been officially put into work in batches at Country Garden Foshan Shunde Fengtong Garden project.
The ceramic tile laying robot is officially on duty
Construction efficiency is twice that of manual work
Country Garden has been talking about building construction robots for two years, although I thought before that robots replacing manual house building would be a "crying wolf", or at least not so fast. But today, the "wolf" is really here!
A video released by Country Garden shows that construction robots can automatically complete corresponding construction operations, and their work efficiency is 2-4 times that of manual labor! In other words, a robot can complete the work of 2-4 people in the same time, and this is just the beginning.
The data currently released by Bozhilin shows that the construction efficiency of floor tile laying robots and wall tile laying robots is twice that of manual labor, the construction quality is better than manual labor, and the construction cost is lower than manual labor. More importantly, it can work 24 hours a day, and its accuracy is far superior to manual operation. Working in high-risk and high-pollution environments can greatly reduce human damage and ensure people's health and safety.
According to reports, compared with other manufacturing industries, the productivity of the construction industry is surprisingly low, especially on-site construction operations, which still rely entirely on labor. The paving robot combined with intelligent control software makes construction more flexible and convenient, greatly improving productivity.
In addition, the paving robot does not produce too much noise when working. It can automatically calculate, plan, and adjust work procedures through data such as working area and tile size pre-loaded from the computer.
There are many models at home and abroad
Ceramic tile laying robot comes out
Whether artificial intelligence can replace human labor has always been controversial. Ceramic tile paving is a cumbersome, tedious manual and technical work. For many years, domestic and foreign countries have been hoping to use robots to replace manual labor and realize automation and intelligence in paving.
In fact, ceramic tile laying robots have been available abroad for a long time. Five years ago, Singapore’s ETH Research Center developed aA new paving and pasting robot has been put into commercial production. It is reported that this paving robot is extremely efficient, two to three times faster than a skilled tiling worker. It can truly work 24 hours a day, all year round, and there is no need to worry about injuries caused by construction site accidents. Therefore, As soon as the robot prototype appeared, it attracted attention from all parties.
At the China International Urban Construction Expo held in November 2019, the "Construction Robot and Intelligent Equipment Research Center" of Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture also developed and demonstrated a ceramic tile laying robot on site.
The on-site demonstration of the paving work process is as follows: scanning and positioning the laid tiles, locating the tiles to be grabbed, calculating the robot's movement position, paving and placement, etc. The main body of the robot consists of a mobile car and a manipulator, specifically the main body of the robot, a sensing and detection device, an omnidirectional mobile platform, a controller, a pneumatic system and other devices. The position of the ceramic tile is detected using a non-contact position sensor, which can abstractly fit the three-dimensional information such as the size, position, and posture of the ceramic tile into a six-dimensional coordinate value. Then, by calculating the spatial position of the tiles, the location of the paving is determined and the accuracy of the paving is ensured.
Tile laying robot developed by Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Future Vision:
70% of construction workers will be replaced by machines
Yang Guoqiang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Country Garden Group, once said that China is a big construction country and the scale of the construction market ranks among the top in the world. However, the construction industry is large but not excellent, with low levels of informatization and intelligence. It is currently "dangerous, complex, dirty, and The “heavy” industry has outstanding characteristics and is no longer compatible with the development and progress of the times. It is urgent to innovate and transform the industry.
Another prominent problem is the shortage of labor. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of migrant workers engaged in the construction industry in 2017 was 54.1523 million, accounting for 18.9% of the total number of migrant workers in my country, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%. As the aging trend of society accelerates, the supply of young and middle-aged labor force is becoming increasingly scarce.
Yang Guoqiang imagines that if 70% of workers use construction robots to complete the construction of a 30-story building, 30% of skilled construction workers will be retained, and 20% of new construction workers will be trained to operate construction robots. This will not only fundamentally Solving safety and quality problems can also greatly improve labor productionefficiency and significant cost savings.
Many companies and institutions have announced their entry into the field of construction robots. Country Garden, a leading real estate company that has implemented more than 2,000 projects and has the huge advantage of "bringing its own orders", announced in 2018 that it will invest 80 billion yuan in five years to build the Shunde Robot Valley project.
At the same time, Country Garden’s competitors are also undergoing transformation. As early as 2015, Vanke worked with its partners to launch a series of products such as sales robots and patrol robots. Wang Shi once said that 40% of Vanke's future employees will be robots. Previously, Greenland Holdings also announced that it would develop artificial intelligence construction and robot intelligent technology...
The large-scale use of robots or intelligent systems in industry will be an inevitable trend. Nowadays, paving robots, wall panel installation robots, brick paving robots, painting robots, welding robots, etc. have officially started working one after another. Robotic house building is gradually becoming a reality. I believe that after the replacement of robots, traditional construction workers will gradually be eliminated. , it won’t be your turn to move bricks in the future!
(The article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
