Integration of a Wearable Interface in a Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation Development

A. Liu Cheng, H. H. Bier, S. Mostafavi

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Abstract

This paper presents the integration of an Internet of Things wearable device as a personal interfacing node in an intelligent built-environment framework, which is informed by Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation principles developed at Delft University of Technology. The device enables the user to act as an active node in the built-environment's underlying Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network, thereby permitting a more immediate and intuitive relationship between the user and his/her environment, where this latter is integrated with physical / computational adaptive systems and services. Two main resulting advantages are identified and illustrated. On the one hand, the device's sensors provide personal (i.e., body temperature / humidity, physical activity) as well as immediate environmental (i.e., personal-space air-quality) data to the built-environment's embedded / ambulant systems. Moreover, rotaries on the device enable the user to override automatically established illumination and ventilation settings in order to accommodate user-preferences. On the other hand, the built-environment's systems provide notifications and feedback with respect to their status to the device, thereby raising user-awareness of the state of his/her surroundings and corresponding interior environmental conditions. In this manner, the user becomes a context-aware node in a Cyber-Physical System. The present work promotes a considered relationship between the architecture of the built-environment and the Information and Communication Technologies embedded and/or deployed therein in order to develop highly effective alternatives to existing Ambient Intelligence solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2018)
Subtitle of host publicationThe Future of Building Things
EditorsJochen Teizer, Markus König
PublisherThe International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)
Pages655-662
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783000608551
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and International AEC/FM Hackathon: The Future of Building Things - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 20 Jul 201825 Jul 2018
Conference number: 35
https://isarc2018.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ (Link to Conference Website)

Conference

Conference35th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and International AEC/FM Hackathon: The Future of Building Things
Abbreviated titleISARC 2018
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period20/07/1825/07/18
Internet address

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