Development of a Construction Robot for Marking on Ceiling Boards. 3rd Report. Prototype of the Laser Pointer System.

Abstract

We are developing positioning systems for mobile robots working at construction sites. In earlier work, we investigated the use of pillars as reference points at construction sites for a position recognition system, and reported on the performance of a prototype system. To further increase the flexibility of the robot system, we have developed a new self-position measurement system for the mobile marking robot. This new system is aimed at expansion of the work area of the marking robot. The system is composed of a prototype of a laserpointer robot and a marking robot with laser-spot detectors. The marking robot uses a point of laser light projected onto it by the laser-pointer robot, placed at a reference point, to determine its position. This report outlines the method for the self-position measurements and describes the performance of the system in a field test.