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A Helping Hand, A Brighter Future:
Robotics Revolutionizing Manufacturing
Robotics Revolutionizing Manufacturing
Experts at UF create multi-functional robots for construction
WCJB TV20 NEWSIn a world impacted by natural disasters, rising costs, and low inventory, the Smart Industrialized Design and Construction Lab at the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning is leading the way with smarter solutions.
🛠️ Dr. Aladdin Alwisy, assistant professor at the M.E. University of Florida Rinker School of Construction Management and director of the Smart IDC Lab, introduces an incredible advancement: a multifunctional robotic system designed to automate the construction process by replacing manual, dangerous, and time-consuming tasks.
🌟 Historically, automation has faced challenges in the construction industry due to the uniqueness and variability of construction sites. The Smart IDC Lab has overcome these obstacles by designing hardware and software with the flexibility to address spatial constraints, accuracy, and load capabilities.
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https://www.wcjb.com/2024/11/26/experts-uf-create-multi-functional-robots-construction/
UF Innovation of the Year Award
Design-Manufacturing Digitalization Software for Multi-Functional Robotic Stations for Industrialized Construction
The UF College of Design, Construction, and Planning’s Dr. Aladdin Alwisy is working to make construction faster and better.
Every construction design is unique, making mass production difficult. Builders face inconsistencies with a project’s quality and costs. Alwisy, an assistant professor in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, has identified a simple solution: robots.
The robotic system standardizes the construction process, ensuring consistent performance regardless of the complexity of the task. However, Dr. Alwisy takes this robotic system further and integrates software.
Early adopters of robotics have faced the challenge of modifying the design and manufacturing strategy to achieve customized building. This software links the design and transfers the manufacturing strategy to the robot, showing them how to build and design each component. This entire robotic system is flexible and multifunctional, enabling the manufacturing industry to become more automated and efficient.
“Could we call this the ‘Golden Goose’ of construction manufacturing? I would say yes,” Alwisy said.
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https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/2024/10/31/standing-innovation-2024/
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https://dcp.ufl.edu/news/alwisy-honored-at-seventh-annual-uf-standing-innovation-celebration/
UF’s newest printer can build homes, sea walls and careers
One of the country’s largest and most-advanced 3D construction printers – as in a printer that makes homes – has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived at the University of Florida.
“Beyond the clear societal benefits of cheaper, faster, and higher-quality buildings and infrastructure, the automated prefabrication system will also improve the working conditions of construction workers by significantly reducing physically demanding and hazardous tasks,” Alwisy said....“Within the next two to five years, the 3D printer is anticipated to become an integral component of an automated prefabrication system alongside other robotic technologies, such as industrial robotic arms, mobile robots, legged robots, and collaborative robots,” Alwisy said. “This automated setup will expand the 3D printer's applications beyond building structures to encompass a wide range of tasks supporting substructures, shells, MEP systems [mechanical, electrical, and plumbing], and finishing work."
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Autodesk Gifts DCP & HWCOE $1.5 Million For Industrialized Construction Engineering
(By Kyle Niblett)Less than three weeks after University of Florida President Ben Sasse announced $2.5 million in strategic funding to advance the field of Industrialized Construction Engineering (ICE), Autodesk announced Tuesday a $1.5 million gift to the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning and UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to establish the world’s first-ever industrialized construction department.
Leaders from both colleges gasped just before lunchtime when Autodesk COO Steve Blum shocked the room with the surprise announcement. As an industry leader in changing how the world is designed and made, Autodesk pledged to provide all UF students and educators free access to their industry-leading software and technology. The goal is to strategically build a pipeline of skilled ICE laborers in the state of Florida.
Robotic Construction and Sustainability Themes of 2023 DCP Residential Summit
(By Kyle Niblett)Dr. Alwisy spent his portion of the Summit teaching current and future professionals about his first-of-its-kind Robotic Station, which has the capability to save companies millions of dollars and time.
“Framing is a bottleneck task where you have to wait days or even weeks to build a single house,” Alwisy said. “Our new patented station can now frame it within 90 minutes. A community that takes six months now to frame, will only take a weekend.”
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