Congratulations to Professor LAU Tat Ming Darwin and his team on winning the Young Innovator Prize in the CIC Construction Innovation Award 2022!

Winning Entry: Mobile Cable-driven Robot System for Contact-based Façade Inspection

Project Description:

This project presents a cable-driven robot system to perform physical contact-based façade inspections. The cable-driven robot system aims to be easy to deploy, safe to operate, capable of inspecting large façade surfaces, and able to perform a wide range of non-contact and physical contact inspection tasks. The robotic system can autonomously conduct façade inspections of high-rising buildings, circumventing the need for working at height and minimizing workers’ risks.

The operation procedures and path planning strategies can ensure maximum coverage of the façade while minimizing the operators’ effort. A digital inspection result, illustrated in the generated 3D model of the building using the photogrammetry technology, can be obtained for the guidance of follow-up actions.

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