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Multi-Agent Exploration for Construction Data Collection

NYU Abu Dhabi · SMART Lab

Challenge, contribution, and outcome

CHALLENGE

Continue robotic mapping and data collection when obstacles prevent a single robot from completing the task.

MY CONTRIBUTION

Contributed to the cooperative exploration system and co-authored the Journal of Field Robotics paper on construction-site data collection.

OUTCOME

Demonstrated cooperative exploration with human assistance for construction data collection; published in the Journal of Field Robotics in 2024.

Project overview

A cooperative robotic system for 3D digitization and data collection in construction environments. One robot explores and maps the space, coordinating with another to address obstacles and drawing on human teleoperation when needed. The work investigates how complementary robot capabilities and human assistance can keep a data-collection task progressing. The field deployment was at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, where the team used the robots for construction monitoring in collaboration with the ALEC contractor.

System Record

My role
CONTRIBExperimental DevelopmentCONTRIBCo-Authored
Domain
DOMAINMulti-Agent Robotic Systems
Application
APPConstruction
Platforms
PLATFORMBoston Dynamics SpotPLATFORMUGV Platform
Methods
METHODExploration AlgorithmsMETHODShared Autonomy
Outcomes
OUTCOMEPeer-Reviewed Publication
Period
2024

Development & Validation

  • Demonstrates autonomous exploration paired with agent-to-agent coordination so the team can keep mapping after an obstacle blocks the path.
  • Human-in-the-loop teleoperation backs the autonomous stack when remote support is required to finish the mission.
  • Published in the Journal of Field Robotics as an application of multiagent robotic systems and exploration algorithms to construction-site data collection.
  • Field deployment at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi with the ALEC contractor. The site photo shows the full field team and the robots used for construction monitoring: two Spot platforms and a wheeled sensing robot.

Credits & Collaborators

  • Nikolaos Giakoumidis

    NYU Abu Dhabi · SMART Lab

    Co-author

  • Samuel A. Prieto

    NYU Abu Dhabi · SMART Lab

    Lead author

  • Borja García de Soto

    NYU Abu Dhabi · SMART Lab

    Principal Investigator

  • ALEC

    Contractor at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi

Publications & media

Additional Media

SEAWORLD — FIELD TEAM & ROBOTS — NYU Abu Dhabi · SMART Lab

The field team in hard hats and high-visibility vests at the SeaWorld Abu Dhabi construction site, with two Boston Dynamics Spot robots and a wheeled sensing robot

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Outreach

Industry engagement recorded alongside this project.