Autonomous Robot for Ceiling Board Construction Work “Robo-Buddy Ceiling”

In ceiling board construction work, skilled work-ers attach plasterboards with tapping screws weighing approx-imately 14 kg to the ceiling foundation. This is a hard work because it involves working at high place on rolling or stage scaffolds. Moreover, the work requires experience and skills. These work conditions underlie the labor shortage. With these as a background, we have developed “Robo-Buddy Ceiling (Robo-BC)” to replace human beings to perform hard and skill-requiring work to the robot. Robo-BC is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) composed of two industrial robotic arms; one has a laser sensor and a screwdriver, and the other has vacuum pads to grasp the plasterboard. It can recognize self-location with 2D-LiDAR and move autonomously to destinations. Moreover, we have developed “Robo-Assist Ceiling (Robo-AC)” which is an AMR that supplies materials. In this paper, we describe an overview of these robots and case studies.