IP Library Granted Patent US 12,377,545
Granted Patent B2
US 12,377,545 · App. 17/775,120 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Construction system

Inventor: Tobias Brett (Schönefeld, DE)
Assignee: Tobias Brett
B25J9/1684G05B2219/45086
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Patent No.
US 12,377,545
App. No.
17/775,120
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Construction system, particularly for operation by an end-user, comprising a robot device configured for constructing a wall and/or pillar structure, and at least one marking device for defining the course, form and/or position of a wall and/or pillar structure, wherein the marking device is detectable by the robot device, and wherein the robot device is configured to construct a wall and/or pillar structure at and/or along the marking device.

Claims (27)

1. A construction system for operation by an end-user, comprising:

a robot device configured for constructing a wall and/or pillar structure; and

at least one marking device for defining a course, form and/or position of the wall and/or pillar structure,

wherein the marking device is detectable by the robot device,

wherein the robot device is configured to construct the wall and/or pillar structure at and/or along the marking device, and

wherein the robot device is configured for constructing the wall and/or pillar structure from solid material pieces and a string for jamming said solid material pieces.

2. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the marking device is configured as and/or comprises an elongated and/or flexible device and/or is configured to be laid out by an end-user along an intended course and/or position of the wall and/or pillar structure.

3. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the marking device comprises a feature marker for marking the position of features and/or extensions and/or interruptions or gaps of the wall and/or pillar structure to be built, and/or wherein the marking device comprises a storage marker for marking the position of a material storage for construction material and/or wherein the marking device comprises a supply marker for marking the position of a power supply and/or a water supply connection.

4. The construction system according to claim 1 , further comprising a platform providing a driving and/or rolling surface for the robot device, the platform consisting of a plurality of platform elements, and/or wherein the platform is connected with the marking device and/or wherein the platform comprises a storage section for storing construction material and/or wherein the platform comprises at least one elevation ramp and/or elevation element for providing a driving and/or rolling surface on an elevated level.

5. The construction system of claim 4 , wherein the elevated level is elevated relative to at least one further platform element.

6. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot device is configured for constructing the wall and/or pillar structure with a supporting portion and a covering portion for covering the supporting portion, the supporting portion being provided by the solid material pieces and the string and the covering portion comprising at least one covering device, wherein the robot device is configured for attaching the string to the at least one covering device.

7. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot device is configured for following the marker device and for reading markers and/or for drawing a contour of the wall and/or pillar structure into a map and/or for creating a 3D model of the environment.

8. The construction system according to claim 7 , wherein the 3D model and/or pictures of the ground for the wall and/or pillar structure to be built are submitted to a provider and/or cloud for data analysis for automated data analysis and/or manual data analysis by an expert.

9. The construction system according to claim 1 , further comprising an ordering device for ordering construction material based on the data collected by the robot device and/or further analyzed and/or wherein the robot device is configured to detect and/or identify delivered construction material and/or initiating opening sequences for material packages.

10. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot device comprises a robot configured with a serial kinematic arrangement, and/or a mobile platform for moving a robot.

11. The construction system according to claim 10 , wherein the robot and/or the mobile platform comprises a sensor device for detecting the marking device and/or a detection device for detecting packaged material and/or material packages with or without detection markers.

12. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot device is provided with an end-effector configured as a gripper and/or with a drive tool for driving a string for unwinding a string material and/or for driving a string material out of a string package, and/or wherein the gripper is configured for gripping solid material pieces, and/or said drive tool for driving a string and/or wherein the gripper is electrically operated.

13. The construction system according to claim 12 , wherein the solid material pieces are stones.

14. The construction system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot device is configured for collecting, storing and/or transmitting block chain related data about solid material pieces embedded within the wall and/or pillar structure.

15. The construction system according to claim 1 , further comprising an anti-theft protection device for the robot device, said anti-theft protection device being provided by a security wire, and/or wherein the robot is configured for automated attachment to and/or detachment from an anti-theft protection device.

16. A robot device for a construction system according to claim 1 , the robot device being configured for constructing the wall and/or pillar structure with a supporting portion and a covering portion for covering the supporting portion, the supporting portion being provided by solid material pieces and at least one string for jamming at least some of the solid material pieces and the covering portion comprising at least one covering device and the string and the covering device being attached to each other.

17. A planning and/or operation device, comprising an application for planning the course and/or size of a wall and/or pillar structure to be built, for receiving data from a robot device and/or for initiating the purchase and/or delivery of construction material and/or construction equipment.

18. The planning and/or operation device of claim 17 , wherein the device is a smartphone or a tablet.

19. A method for operation of the construction system according to claim 1 , comprising at least the steps of:

laying out the marker device for defining a contour and/or position of the wall and/or pillar structure to be built,

placing the robot device close to and/or at the marker device, and

constructing the wall and/or pillar structure from solid material pieces and the string for jamming said solid material pieces along and/or at the marker device.

Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019130150.5 · Nov 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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