TY - JOUR A1 - AlBalkhy, Wassim A1 - Karmaoui, Dorra A1 - Ducoulombier, Laure A1 - Lafhaj, Zoubeir A1 - Linner, Thomas T1 - Digital twins in the built environment: Definition, applications, and challenges JF - Automation in Construction N2 - Digital Twins (DT) implementation in the Built Environment (BE) industry is still in its early stages. Aiming to increase the knowledge about DT, this study analyzes how DT can be understood in the BE sector and investigates its different potential benefits and expected challenges. To do so, the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach was employed. Using 228 publications, the current study presents a proposed definition and structure for DT systems. The proposed structure is based on four main layers: physical, digital, application, and user layers. The study also classified the applications of DT into six groups: sustainability and environmental, facility management, safety, health, and risk management, structural performance, construction management, and architectural and urban-related applications. The challenges of DT implementation were also grouped based on industry-related, social and organizational, economic, technological, and political and legal challenges. Based on the results, future research directions and practical recommendations were presented to support the successful deployment of the technology. KW - Digital Twins (DT) KW - Digital technologies KW - Built Environment (BE) KW - Construction KW - Construction 4.0 Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105368 VL - 162 PB - Elsevier ER - 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 - RPRT A1 - Andersen, Henning Boje, A1 - Bardram, Jakob E. A1 - Maxhuni, Alban A1 - Larsen, Rasmus Tolstrup A1 - Schäpers Barbara, A1 - Krewer, Carmen A1 - Steinböck, Martina A1 - Sprengel, D. A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Schlandt, Marcel A1 - Kabouteh, Amir A1 - Güttler, Jörg A1 - Hu, Rongbo A1 - Lu, Yuan A1 - Bock, Thomas T1 - Detailed set of privacy guidelines and schemata: Summarization of the outcome of the development of necessary data privacy and security schemata to (1) protect sensed data; (2) ascertain computational anonymity; (3) ensure privileged intervention access 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 - Deliverable D32: Detailed set of privacy guidelines and schemata Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare 2 Deliverable D32: Detailed set of privacy guidelines and schemata: Summarization of the outcome of the development of necessary data privacy and security schemata to (1) protect sensed data; (2) ascertain computational anonymity; (3) ensure privileged intervention access (associated with task T.7.5). Abstract: This deliverable report examines the outcomes of the REACH research project with regard to data privacy and data security, associated with Task T7.5. This document gives an overview of our analyses involving ethics and privacy concerns in terms of the individual touchpoints and shows how these findings guided the project towards the determination of the medical purpose and intended use-cornerstones to on the path to market entry. In addition, we provide a brief overview of how the guidelines regarding data protection and encryption influenced the technical design and implementation of project components. Furthermore, we provide an update on the management of legal implications (and the implications resulting from this for system requirements and business strategy) of the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the context of REACH solutions, incorporating an external expert opinion. Finally, this deliverable report contains a summary of our approach towards risk gov-ernance and standardization in this regard: our work in REACH on privacy and security schemata, culminated in a CEN Workshop Agreement (guideline) that generalizes REACH outcomes and makes them accessible and usable beyond the REACH consortium . Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341355713_Detailed_set_of_privacy_guidelines_and_schemata_Summarization_of_the_outcome_of_the_development_of_necessary_data_privacy_and_security_schemata_to_1_protect_sensed_data_2_ascertain_computational_anony N1 - REACH2020: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare (Horizon 2020, PHC track) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bulgakov, Alexey A1 - Bock, Thomas A1 - Otto, Jens A1 - Buzalo, Natalia A1 - Linner, Thomas ED - Tateyama, Kazuyoshi ED - Ishii, Kazuo ED - Inoue, Fumihiro T1 - Requirements for Safe Operation and Facility Maintenance of Construction Robots T2 - Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2020): From Demonstration to Practical Use, To New Stage of Construction Robot, October 27-28, 2020, Kitakyushu, Japan N2 - Construction robots are devices of increased danger and, under certain conditions, can become a source of injuries to maintenance personnel, as well as lead to the failure of technological equipment. Most of the accidents are associated with the presence of maintenance personnel in the working area during programming, configuration, training, repair and maintenance of robots. The article describes measures to ensure safety during the maintenance of robots and manipulators. The stages of preparing the construction industry for the use of manipulators, robots and robotic complexes are presented. A system of measures for preparing equipment for use and its maintenance during operation is proposed. KW - Construction Manipulators and Robots KW - Maintenance of Robotic Systems KW - Operation KW - Safety KW - Service Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-952-94-3634-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2020/0053 SP - 369 EP - 376 PB - The International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (I.A.A.R.C.) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cheah, Chien Chern A1 - Bock, Thomas A1 - Cao, Jianfu A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Liu, Yun-Hui A1 - Yamashita, Atsushi A1 - Yang, Liman T1 - Guest Editorial Introduction to the Focused Section on Mechatronics and Automation for Constructions JF - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics N2 - Rapid advances in modern technologies have completely revolutionized many industries in recent years. It is anticipated that mechatronic and automation technologies would play an important role in transforming the construction industry to embrace for the fourth industrial revolution. However, construction automation problems bring up new research challenges that diverge from traditional methods. Unlike the factory environment, which is typically structured and predictable, construction sites are dynamic places where the working environment is unstructured and always changing. Due to lack of skilled labor, time and cost overruns, quality deficiencies, and the recent pandemics, mechatronic and automation technologies offer solutions for future safe, rapid, performative, prize worthy, and digitally protocolled construction projects. The coexistence of human workers, heavy vehicles, varying environmental conditions, and automated mechatronic systems also make safe human–machine interaction an important issue. Beyond expertise in a specific discipline, construction automation also requires multidisciplinary expertise to integrate with various fields, such as Internet of Things (IOT), robotics and its construction oriented subsystems, adaptive/robust control, machine vision, sensing technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and building/construction/process information modeling (BIM/CIM/PIM) for automated construction process management and design. The main aims of this focused section in the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH) are to document the current state of the art in mechatronics and automation for constructions, and to present new results in several emerging research areas. KW - automation KW - Inspection KW - Mechatronics KW - Robot sensing systems KW - Service robots Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3127237 VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 2819 EP - 2825 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dieckhoff, Christina A1 - Barlieb, Christophe A1 - Groth, Christian A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Weininger, Florian T1 - Erfolgsfaktor Interdisziplinarität: Das Lehrformat Digitalisierungskollegs an Bayerischen Hochschulen T2 - Informatik 2023 : Designing Futures: Zukünfte gestalten ; Tagung vom 26.-29.2023, Berlin N2 - Um den zunehmenden Anforderungen an die Beherrschung digitaler Techniken und an die Fähigkeit zur interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit an Studierende aller Fachrichtungen zu begegnen wurde das interdisziplinäre Lehrformat Digitalisierungskollegs für Studierende entwickelt. Das in vielen Fachbereichen ausbaufähige Angebot von Digitalthemen in der Hoch- schullehre wird hiermit dauerhaft erweitert. Ein Digitalisierungskolleg besteht aus einer Vorlesungs- reihe mit angrenzendem Seminar, in denen Studierende interdisziplinäre Lösungen für Fragen der digitalen Transformation entwickeln. Geleitet werden sie von etablierten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern, aktiv betreut und ausgestaltet von ein bis zwei Coaches. Kernelement sowohl des Kollegs als auch der einzelnen Projekte ist die Interdisziplinarität. Eine*r der beteiligten Projekt- leiter*innen hat einen direkten Bezug zur Technik und kommt aus der Informatik, der Wirtschafts- informatik, der Elektrotechnik oder vergleichbaren Disziplinen. Zielgruppe der Projekte sind Studierende verschiedener Disziplinen im Masterstudium oder in den letzten Semestern eines Bachelorstudiums. Durch die Teilnahme erwerben auch Studierende aus digitalisierungsfernen Fächern frühzeitig umfangreiche IT-Kenntnisse. Als Begleiteffekt der umfangreichen Vernetzung zwischen den Digitalisierungskollegs (Studierende, Coaches und Projektleitende) entsteht bereits zu Beginn einer wissenschaftlichen Karriere eine große digitale Community. Alle Teilnehmenden lernen frühzeitig die interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit und verbessern erheblich ihre Karriere- chancen innerhalb und außerhalb der Wissenschaft. KW - Digitalisierung KW - Digitalisierungskompetenz KW - Digitalisierungskollegs KW - Interdisziplinarität Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-88579-731-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2023_22 SN - 1617-5468 SP - 241 EP - 252 PB - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Ehrari, Humira A1 - Andersen, Henning Boje, A1 - Valk, Carlijn A1 - Lu, Yuan A1 - Visser, Thomas A1 - Larsen, Rasmus Tolstrup A1 - Korfitsen, Christoffer Bruun A1 - Langberg, Henning A1 - Randriambelonoro, Mirana E. A1 - Schäpers, Barbara A1 - Linner, Thomas T1 - User acceptance and motivational strategies 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 D30) N2 - This deliverable describes the results and reflections by the partners’ efforts on user acceptance and motivation strategies. The report presents the outcome of an identification and detailing of user acceptance and motivation strategies for the overall system (REACH, Touchpoints & Engine concept) and subsystems (Touchpoints, REACH toolkit elements), providing full consideration and detailing of ethical, privacy, legal and usability/accessibility aspects. The REACH system incorporates two strands of technological elements; on the one hand, sensing and monitoring elements, and, on the other hand, motivational and physical engagement elements. For both types, user acceptance is critical allowing for a user experience that leads to (intrinsic, extrinsic, etc.) motivation to more physical activity. The remainder of this Deliverable is structured as follows. First, we introduce the REACH-specific interplay of the concept “user acceptance” with the linked concepts “behaviour change/motivation” and “personalization” in the context of (early) physical activation of elderly persons, and outline the related work and activities conducted in REACH (overall and per TP). Second, we present an analysis and structuring of acceptability drivers (ethical, privacy/security, legal, and accessibility considerations) per Touchpoint. From this we developed an integrated view that represents REACH specific know-how about how to use these acceptability drivers to integrate advanced ICT-driven technology for early detection and intervention use cases seamlessly into age inclusive communities. Third, we present our findings in the context of the development of acceptability drivers for the use of sensing and monitoring elements. We conclude the deliverable by outlining acceptability related evidence and examples from REACH trials (based on Deliverable D27 findings), and by summarizing the overall findings of this deliverable. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20619.64800 N1 - REACH2020: Responsive Engagement of the Elderly promoting Activity and Customized Healthcare (Horizon 2020, PHC track) 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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Hu, Rongbo A1 - Iturralde, Kepa A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Zhao, Charlie A1 - Pan, Wen A1 - Pracucci, Alessandro A1 - Bock, Thomas T1 - A Simple Framework for the Cost–Benefit Analysis of Single-Task Construction Robots Based on a Case Study of a Cable-Driven Facade Installation Robot JF - Buildings, Architecture: Integration of Art and Engineering N2 - Single-task construction robots (STCRs) have become a popular research topic for decades. However, there is still a gap in the ubiquitous application of STCRs for onsite construction due to various reasons, such as cost concerns. Therefore, cost–benefit analysis (CBA) can be used to measure the net economic benefit of the STCRs, compared to traditional construction methods, in order to boost the implementation of STCRs. This paper presents a simple and practical framework for the economic evaluation of STCRs and conducts a case study of a cable-driven facade installation robot to verify the method. The results show that the cable-driven robot for facade installation is worth investing in in the UK, as well as in the majority of G20 countries. Furthermore, other socioenvironmental implications of STCRs and the limitations of the study are also discussed. In conclusion, the proposed method is highly adaptable and reproducible. Therefore, researchers, engineers, investors, and policy makers can easily follow and customize this method to assess the economic advantages of any STCR systems, compared to traditional construction technologies. KW - cable-driven parallel robot KW - construction robot KW - cost–benefit analysis KW - curtain wall modules KW - economic evaluation KW - facade installation Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010008 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hu, Rongbo A1 - Iturralde, Kepa A1 - Pan, Wen A1 - Linner, Thomas A1 - Bock, Thomas ED - Bergmeister, Konrad ED - Fingerloos, Frank ED - Wörner, Johann-Dietrich T1 - Bauautomatisierung und Robotik im Betonbau: Fallstudien zu Forschung, Entwicklung und Innovation T2 - Beton-Kalender 2024 Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-433-03407-1 SP - 563 EP - 573 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER -