TY - RPRT A1 - Andersen, Henning Boje A1 - Schäpers, Barbara A1 - Krewer, Carmen A1 - Ehrari, Humira A1 - Schlandt, Marcel A1 - Linner, Thomas T1 - Formalised results of pretesting I and II activities BT - Deliverable submitted as part of the EU H2020 research project REACH (Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare), Grant Agreement No. 690425 (Report number: REACH2020 Deliverable 27) N2 - In this deliverable, we present, structure and interpret the formalised results of all testing activities that have been carried out thus far in REACH. We first (Chapter 2) introduce the detailed testing strategy of REACH, which details and brings forward previously described conceptual provisions (see Deliverables D4, D9 and D29) and responds to previous reviewer comments (R5 and R6, second review, November 2017; aiming at the improved emphasis of geriatric and medical aspects and their normalisation across Touchpoints and project activities). In response to the reviewers’ comments, REACH re-aligned some of its resources and formed a medical/geriatric task force (SK, HUG, DTU, TUM), which analyses and streamlines testing activities across Touchpoints, clarifies the common goals and measures, and works towards a normalisation of study designs and tools used across the project. We outline in this context the overall hypothesis for the REACH system along with four well-defined sub-hypotheses for each Touchpoint. Based on this, in Chapter 3, we present our methodological approach with regard to testing in REACH and provide an overview and a classification system for all testing activities carried out. Accordingly, in Chapter 4, we present the results (documentation of the carried-out testing activities), and in Chapter 5, we interpret the testing results. Chapter 6 summarises the state of play regarding testing in REACH and outlines the next steps and upcoming activities. The Appendix contains the full trial reports sorted according to a variety of items. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 690425. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333324667_Formalised_results_of_pretesting_I_and_II_activities N1 - REACH2020: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare (Horizon 2020, PHC track) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lafhaj, Zoubeir A1 - AlBalkhy, Wassim A1 - Linner, Thomas T1 - “Imagine and make”: teaching construction robotics for higher education students JF - Construction Robotics N2 - The use of robotics in construction projects is still in its infancy despite the opportunities that robots can present for the improvement of construction practices. One of the strategies to effectively increase the reliance on robots in construction is increasing the knowledge and improving the educational programs about robotics for university students. This paper contributes to the ongoing efforts worldwide to improve the teaching methods about construction robotics through the presentation of a novel method called “Imagine and Make”, in which students learn how to integrate robotics in different aspects and practices in construction projects. The method has been applied at Centrale Lille in France since 2018. The results of the application of “Imagine and Make” in the first semester of 2021–2022, evaluation by students, and teaching outcomes are reported in this paper. KW - Robotics KW - Construction management techniques KW - Construction 4.0 KW - Robotics teaching KW - France Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-023-00092-9 SN - 2509-8780 SN - 2509-811X IS - 7 SP - 65 EP - 75 PB - Springer ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Steenbakkers, S. A1 - van den Boom, Camilla A1 - Lu, Yuan A1 - Hu, Rongbo A1 - Zhao, Charlie A1 - Partyga, P. A1 - Kaul, M. A1 - Lingegård, H. A1 - Ricon, F. A1 - Murali, S. A1 - van Zanten, B. A1 - Valk, Carlijn A1 - Sole, M., C., A1 - Andersen, Henning Boje T1 - Business model proposals for the REACH system and sub-systems: Presentation of the outcome of the detailing of business models for system and subsystems BT - Deliverable submitted as part of the EU H2020 research project REACH (Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare), Grant Agreement No. 690425 N2 - This deliverable report focuses on the exploitation of the results and solutions from the REACH2020 research project and subsequent business models, associated with task T8.4. In particular, this report gives an overview of the progress regarding the purpose and planning of a REACH consultancy firm, including business models and marketing strategies for systems and sub-systems. Moreover, this report provides insight into possible market segmentation solutions over the care continuum. Furthermore, status updates are provided with regard to a number of practice cases where REACH achieved external visibility and effects and gathered information on the alignment of its business system. Furthermore, the results for exemplary value chains are presented for specific REACH sub-systems. For the exploitation of the results after the end of the research project, an agreement for future collaboration was signed with the New North Zealand Hospital, reflecting REACH’s capability and aim to become a major player and partner for strengthening the ecosystem around future smart hospitals. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341357755_Business_model_proposals_for_the_REACH_system_and_sub-systems_Presentation_of_the_outcome_of_the_detailing_of_business_models_for_system_and_subsystems N1 - REACH2020: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare (Horizon 2020, PHC track) ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kabouteh, Amir A1 - Güttler, Jörg A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Valk, Carlijn A1 - Lu, Yuan A1 - Kozak, Dominika T1 - Final mock-up version of REACH system BT - Deliverable submitted as part of the EU H2020 research project REACH (Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare), Grant Agreement No. 690425 (Report number: REACH2020 Deliverable D26) N2 - In REACH, WP6 focusses on systems engineering and testing aspects such as system integration, verification, validation, and optimization. The presented Deliverable (associated with Task T6.2) provides a presentation/demonstration of the executed trials including different partner groups in different use case settings. It is worth mentioning that since this deliverable report has a nature of “Demonstrator”, this document tries to show the implemented trials. Therefore, it was tried to integrate as many pictures as possible to prove the trials. This deliverable report targets mainly the Touchpoints TP1, TP2 and TP3. This is decided due to the person months of the partners involved in this task. In these trials the partners addressed a pre-integration of sub modules involved in the future REACH presentation. Additionally, this deliverable discusses the trials from the first step which is the planning and execution, then to the execution/implementation and then to analysis and studying the results. Furthermore, using these trials the deficiencies and shortcomings were identified in these lab experimentations. Early detection of shortcomings and deficiencies will lead to simplified implementation and adjustment before reaching the final testing and integration stages. At the current time, the partners are already planning and preparing for the future tests/trials at the use case settings sites. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 690425. Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333324818_Final_mock-up_version_of_REACH_system N1 - REACH2020: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare (Horizon 2020, PHC track) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pit, Sabrina A1 - Fisk, Malcolm A1 - Freihaut, Winona A1 - Akintunde, Fashola A1 - Aloko, Bamidele A1 - Berge, Britta A1 - Burmeister, Anne A1 - Ciacâru, Adriana A1 - Deller, Jürgen A1 - Dulmage, Rae A1 - Han, Tae Hwa A1 - Hao, Qiang A1 - Honeyman, Peter A1 - Huber, Peter C. A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Lundberg, Stefan A1 - Nwamara, Mofoluwaso A1 - Punpuing, Kamolpun A1 - Schramm, Jennifer A1 - Yamada, Hajime A1 - Yap, Jason C. H. T1 - COVID-19 and the ageing workforce: global perspectives on needs and solutions across 15 countries JF - International Journal for Equity in Health volume N2 - BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has a direct impact on the employment of older people. This adds to the challenge of ageism. The World Health Organization has started a worldwide campaign to combat ageism and has called for more research and evidence-based strategies that have the potential to be scaled up. This study specifically aims to identify solutions to combat the adverse effects of COVID-19 on the global ageing workforce. METHODS: We present 15 case studies from different countries and report on what those countries are doing or not doing to address the impact of COVID-19 on ageing workers. RESULTS: We provide examples of how COVID-19 influences older people's ability to work and stay healthy, and offer case studies of what governments, organizations or individuals can do to help ensure older people can obtain, maintain and, potentially, expand their current work. Case studies come from Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Israel, Japan, Nigeria, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US). Across the countries, the impact of COVID-19 on older workers is shown as widening inequalities. A particular challenge has arisen because of a large proportion of older people, often with limited education and working in the informal sector within rural areas, e.g. in Nigeria, Thailand and China. Remedies to the particular disadvantage experienced by older workers in the context of COVID are presented. These range from funding support to encouraging business continuity, innovative product and service developments, community action, new business models and localized, national and international actions. The case studies can be seen as frequently fitting within strategies that have been proven to work in reducing ageism within the workplace. They include policy and laws that have increased benefits to workers during lockdowns (most countries); educational activities such as coaching seniorpreneurship (e,g, Australia); intergenerational contact interventions such as younger Thai people who moved back to rural areas and sharing their digital knowledge with older people and where older people reciprocate by teaching the younger people farming knowledge. CONCLUSION: Global sharing of this knowledge among international, national and local governments and organizations, businesses, policy makers and health and human resources experts will further understanding of the issues that are faced by older workers. This will facilitate the replication or scalability of solutions as called for in the WHO call to combat ageism in 2021. We suggest that policy makers, business owners, researchers and international organisations build on the case studies by investing in evidence-based strategies to create inclusive workplaces. Such action will thus help to challenge ageism, reduce inequity, improve business continuity and add to the quality of life of older workers. KW - Aged KW - Aging KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - COVID-19 KW - Humans KW - Quality of Life KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - United States KW - Workforce Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01552-w VL - 20 SP - 1 EP - 22 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chen, Tianxi A1 - Pan, Mi A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Zhong, Honghao ED - Gonzalez-Moret, Vicente ED - Zhang, Jiansong ED - García de Soto, Borja ED - Brilakis, Ioannis T1 - Development of Robotics for Building Exterior Inspection: A Literature Review T2 - Proceedings of the 41st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Lille, France, June 3-5, 2024 N2 - The aging of buildings is a global concern, with potential risks to human safety and property. Building inspection and maintenance are crucial for ensuring structural integrity and safety. However, traditional manual methods are time-consuming and pose safety risks, especially for exterior inspection at height. Robotics offer a promising alternative to enhance building inspection efficiency and cost- effectiveness, but still in the early development stage. This paper aims to review and analyze the state-of-the-art design and development of robotics for building exterior inspection, referring to the literature published in the last two decades. Firstly, the review classifies different types of robots for building exterior inspection in terms of locomotion and adhesion modes, and discusses the capability of robots from navigation, obstacle surmounting, wall-to-wall/floor transition, curved wall climbing, grasping, barrier avoidance, and self-protection. Secondly, the paper examines the applicability of robots to various building materials for inspections and summarizes the most typical applications (i.e. glass curtain walls, tile walls, and concrete walls). Thirdly, the paper discusses the typical data collection and analysis methods for building exterior inspection using robots. The paper also explored potential enhancements for robotic inspection through the integration of building information modeling, augmented reality/virtual reality, and the involvement of human-in-the-loop. Finally, the paper summarizes the typical application of robotics in building exterior inspection regarding robot types, inspection applications, data collection and analysis methods, discusses the challenges, and outlines the future directions. KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Adhesion KW - Locomotion KW - Robotics KW - Building exterior inspection KW - Wall inspection Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2024/0139 PB - IAARC ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmailzl, Marc A1 - Spitzhirn, M. A1 - Eder, Friedrich A1 - Krüll, Georg A1 - Obergrießer, Mathias A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Albalkhy, Wassim A1 - Lafhaj, Zoubeir T1 - Towards interfacing human centered design processes with the AEC industry by leveraging BIM-based planning methodologies T2 - 40th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2023): Chennai, India, July 3–9, 2023 N2 - Digital workflows in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry have been working with a wide range of software solutions trying to enable a Design-to-Production (DtP) end-to-end data flow. Thereby, state-of-the-art software solutions attempt to streamline the design and production processes accordingly. However, most digital workflows lack in terms of adequate sequential data preparation, agglomeration, and interfacing capabilities for consecutive design phases. These issues result in long, tedious correction loops, a wide range of software solutions and extensions to mitigate the issues. In addition, many digital workflows do not consider or integrate construction, production and machine relevant data holistically (respectively geometry and semantics). In this context, the production relevant data in from of human-centered work process data referring to digital human models (DHM), derived human abilities, safety and ergonomic criteria are often neglected. However, this is essential to interface the construction, human and machine relevant data in a holistic manner. This paper therefore proposes a DtP-workflow which is intended to solve some of the issues by interfacing relevant software solutions incorporating construction, production (including DHM and more) and machine relevant data in a holistic manner using a Building Information Modeling (BIM)-approach (based on the IFC schema). In this regard, the DtP-workflow aims to reverse common top-down digital workflows by considering and integrating the relevant data for consecutive design phases from the beginning. Subsequently, the DtP-workflow should achieve a reduction in planning effort. KW - Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry KW - Building Information Modeling (BIM) KW - Interoperability KW - Digital Human model (DHM) Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-0-6458322-0-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2023/0045 SN - 2413-5844 SP - 325 EP - 332 PB - I.A.A.R.C. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thiel, Charlotte A1 - Strasser, Juliane A1 - Obergrießer, Mathias A1 - Linner, Thomas T1 - Strategien zur Implementierung der Kreislaufwirtschaft beim Bauen mit Beton JF - Beton- und Stahlbetonbau N2 - Beton ist das am meisten verwendete Baumaterial weltweit. CO2-Emissionen, die bei der Zement- und Betonherstellung an-fallen, müssen reduziert, Produktionsmethoden verbessert und Betonzusammensetzungen angepasst werden. Zudem steigt die Nachfrage nach Beton, während fossile Brennstoffreserven und die Verfügbarkeit von mineralischen Rohstoffen abnehmen. Hinzu kommt, dass bei der Betonherstellung neue mineralogi-sche Phasen entstehen, was ein echtes Recycling erschwert. Die Implementierung kreislaufkonformer Strategien wie der Verlängerung der Nutzungsphase ist ein wichtiger Hebel, um Umweltwirkungen im Bauwesen zu reduzieren, und erfordert die ganzheitliche Betrachtung des Bauwerks. Besonders großes Potenzial liefern hier die digital vernetzte und modellba-sierte Planung sowie die darauf aufbauende robotergestützte Fertigung der Bauteile, mit der sich leicht lösbare Verbindun-gen, einfach rückbaubare, multifunktionale, flexible sowie bzgl. Dauerhaftigkeit optimierte Strukturen ökologisch und kosten-effizient generieren lassen. Technisch wären bereits viele Pro-jekte in der Praxis umsetzbar, allerdings müssen hierzu die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen verbessert und bürokratische Hürden abgebaut werden. Dieser Beitrag hat das Ziel, das Be-wusstsein für den nötigen Wechsel von der Linear- zur Kreis-laufwirtschaft im Betonbau und den korrespondierenden Daten zu erhöhen und dem Planer einfache Grundsätze für den Ent-wurf, die Ausschreibung und Umsetzung mitzugeben, um jetzt schon einen wichtigen Beitrag zum verantwortungsvollen Um-gang mit immer knapper werdenden Ressourcen zu leisten. KW - zirkuläres Bauen KW - RC-Beton KW - Kreislaufwirtschaft KW - kreislaufgerecht Bauen Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1002/best.202200118 VL - 118 PB - Ernst & Sohn, a Wiley Brand CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Albalkhy, Wassim A1 - Hernandez Valera, Elias A1 - Karmaoui, Dorra A1 - Lafhaj, Zoubeir A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Ayadi, Syrine A1 - Zerrari, Reda A1 - Boutabba, Assia ED - Gonzalez-Moret, Vicente ED - Zhang, Jiansong ED - García de Soto, Borja ED - Brilakis, Ioannis T1 - Motives and Barriers for Offsite and Onsite Construction 3D Printing T2 - Proceedings of the 41st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction. - Lille, France. - 6/3/2024 - 6/5/2024 N2 - This study aims to compare between onsite and offsite construction 3D printing (C3DP). For this purpose, the Systematic Literature Review approach (SLR) was employed. The review which was based on studying 48 sources identified six categories to classify the motives and barriers for the two C3DP techniques; cost, transportation, design flexibility, workers and materials, production process, and environmental considerations. The literature identified the cost as the main factor that influences the choice between the two techniques. The presented list of motives and barriers is helpful to support decision-making in C3DP projects. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - 3D Printing KW - Construction Management KW - Modular Construction KW - Offsite Construction KW - Literature Review Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2024/0154 SN - 2413-5844 SP - 1190 EP - 1197 PB - International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gebhardt, H. A1 - Linner, Thomas ED - Richter, Götz T1 - DIN Arbeitsausschuss „Alternde Gesellschaften“ : Einleitung T2 - Arbeit und Altern : Eine Bilanz nach 20 Jahren Forschung und Praxis Y1 - 2021 SN - 9783748909378 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748909378-445 SP - 445 EP - 450 PB - Nomos ER -