Corona has changed the way we live, work and teach at RWTH. In the last months researchers at the Chair for Individualized Production (IP) have developed an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that allows students to remotely control robots from the comfort of their homes. This IoT platform allows us to maintain social distance while continuing close collaboration and laboratory learning. The main challenge was to stream data from international sources and varying bandwidths in order to remotely programme the movements of a KUKA KMRiiwa. The movement of the robot was then streamed to the Autodesk Forge where students could monitor progress in real time and adapt the program if necessary. The first live worldwide experiment was successfully finished with students from the IAAC in Barcelona, Spain, learning to remotely programming a robot at the IP laboratory at RWTH Aachen University.

Speaker:

Ralf Mosler, Leader BIM Transformation, AEC Digital Expert Group Autodesk

Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Director of Individualized Production RWTH Aachen University

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Integrated planning is an important requirement for improved quality along the value chain and for keeping the time schedule and cost budget in projects – this and much more are the expectations from establishing BIM. As manufacturer of innovative fixings, façade systems and installation systems for MEP, fischer, as a competent and reliable partner in the digital transformation, also offers smart digital twins of its products for professional planning. In order to guarantee a monitored handling of all BIM processes fischer BIM Engineering provides professional project-management support; it ranges from consulting to selection of the relevant products including modeling and up to the creation of project-specific digital models, optimized according to our customer needs. Moreover, fischer links the world of fixing technology with innovative product solutions by using smart measuring systems; hence building operators and owners profit from added value during the lifetime of real estates.

Speaker:

Dr. Oliver Geibig, Division Head Competence Team Development & Trendscouting fischerwerke

Emil Kral, Technical Consultant fischer Austria

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Lean construction emphasizes both people and communication for jobsite productivity. Constraints and inefficiencies directly impact your team members, so empowering them to optimize workflows and participate in planning can reduce resource waste. But to successfully improve jobsite productivity, your team needs to stay in sync and jobsite details must be transparent. Too often, Lean implementations fail due to communication breakdowns and information silos. Digital Lean creates opportunities to solve these challenges and build trust, empowerment and responsibility amongst team members.

Panel Speakers:

Claus Nessensohn, Founder & CEO Refine Projects

Dr. Selim Tugra, Senior Project Manager fischwerke

Thomas Spiegel, Vice President Corporate Department Real Estate and Facilities Realization of Construction Robert Bosch

Ralf Mosler, Leader BIM Transformation, AEC Digital Expert Group Autodesk

Thomas Bär, CEO German Lean Construction Institute

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The way in which we gather and manage construction product data today is inefficient. The adoption of standardised information management processes will not only streamline the relationships between supply chain stakeholders, it will also provide the means to unlock the high economic value of data.

These stakeholders currently often work with different versions of reality in their own information silos making it very difficult to share data and automate time-consuming processes. Choosing a data strategy based on commonly agreed international standards is the most efficient, if not the only way to achieve future-proof, machine-readable product information : first within the supply chain and later during the material’s and asset’s entire life-cycle.

The ongoing efforts of the DSCiBE work group (Digital Supply Chain in Built Environment) addresses this challenge and provides guidance to the industry.

Speaker: Enzo Blonk, Director Industry Engagement Technical Industries GS1

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