El arquitecto : formación, competencias y práctica profesional

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Public demand driven technological innovation

Ponència presentada a: Session 6: Los procesos de diseño como conocimiento / Design processes and knowledg

Public demand driven technological innovation

Ponència presentada a: Session 6: Los procesos de diseño como conocimiento / Design processes and knowledg

Public entities driven robotic innovation in urban areas

Cities present new challenges and needs to satisfy and improve lifestyle for their citizens under the concept “Smart City”. In order to achieve this goal in a global manner, new technologies are required as the robotic one. But Public entities unknown the possibilities offered by this technology to get solutions to their needs. In this paper the development of the Innovative Public Procurement instruments is explained, specifically the process PDTI (Public end Users Driven Technological Innovation) as a driving force of robotic research and development and offering a list of robotic urban challenges proposed by European cities that have participated in such a process. In the next phases of the procedure, this fact will provide novel robotic solutions addressed to public demand that are an example to be followed by other Smart Cities.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Robotic solutions for sewage systems in coastal urban environments

The objective of this article is to present a specific urban challenge proposed by European cities in ECHORD++ project that can be the starter point of new innovative public procurements. The project that was selected by the project leading team has been a robotic solution for monitoring the sewage system of a European city. Cities are prepared and the Research and Technological Development (RTD) consortia are waiting for real opportunities. The take-off of the robotic technology could be possible: from Lab to Market addressing real urban needs of citizens and cities. The proposals obtained in ECHORD++ could be followed by other cities.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

The ECHORD++ Project: Robotics in a public economy

The idea of the ECHORD project was born before the economic crisis had its maximum impact on the robotics industry. Therefore, the concept of a project with the clear goal to strengthen the collaboration between academia and industry was a good opportunity to support the industry by offering funding opportunities and fostering already existing networks and creating new partnerships with the academic world taking into account the circular economy in the productive cycle of the intelligent robotics solutions to solve the challenges of the modern cities. One of the most innovative part of this project is to foster the participation of public investment in new robotic projects mainly in urban robotics. At this moment, more than 40 european cities have been participating in the challenge that ECHORD++ proposed.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Sustainable robotics solutions in smart cities: The challenge of the ECHORD++ Project

The objective of this paper is to explain novel sustainable robotics solutions for cities. Those new proposals appear under the ECHORD++ project which is a good tool to meet academia and industry with the objective of providing innovative technological solutions. In this paper, authors explain the tool as well as the methodology to promote robotics research in urban environments, and the on-going experience will demonstrate that huge advances are made in this field.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Aerial robotics in building inspection and maintenance

Buildings need periodic revision about their state, materials degrade with time and repairs or renewals have to be made driven by maintenance needs or safety requirements. That happens with any kind of buildings and constructions: housing, architecture masterpieces, old and ancient buildings and industrial buildings. Currently, nearly all of these tasks are carried out by human intervention. In order to carry out the inspection or maintenance, humans need to access to roofs, façades or other areas hard to reach and otherwise potentially hazardous location to perform the task. In some cases, it might not be feasible to access for inspection. For instance, in industry buildings operation must be often interrupted to allow for safe execution of such tasks; these shutdowns not only lead to substantial production loss, but the shutdown and start-up operation itself causes risks to human and environment. In touristic buildings, access has to be restricted with the consequent losses and inconveniences to visitors. The use of aerial robots can help to perform this kind of hazardous operations in an autonomous way, not only teleoperated. Robots are able to carry sensors to detect failures of many types and to locate them in a previously generated map, which the robot uses to navigate. Some of those sensors are cameras in different spectra (visual, near-infrared, UV), laser, LIDAR, ultrasounds and inertial sensory system. If the sensory part is crucial to inspect hazardous areas in buildings, the actuation is also important: the aerial robot can carry small robots (mainly crawler) to be deployed to perform more in-depth operation where the contact between the sensors and the material is basic (any kind of metallic part: pipes, roofs, panels…). The aerial robot has the ability to recover the deployed small crawler to be reused again. In this paper, authors will explain the research that they are conducting in this area and propose future research areas and applications with aerial, ground, submarine and other autonomous robots within the construction field.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

El arquitecto : formación, competencias y práctica profesional

Peer Reviewe

Public demand driven technological innovation

Ponència presentada a: Session 6: Los procesos de diseño como conocimiento / Design processes and knowledg