Abstract
Visual Programming Language (VPL) is utilized with increasing frequency in Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industries to accomplish tasks relating to advanced geometry and complex designs. In recent developments, VPLs have gained traction in robotic research, where they are being explored as a good tool for robotic programming. While visual programming holds several key advantages justifying this attention, it comes with key limitations for developing commercial-grade robotic applications. Such applications need to be easily maintainable, stable and performance optimal to be able to succeed in the market. In this paper, we argue that the situation with regard to visual programming is similar to that of textual programming from 1960s. The universally adopted strong abstraction mechanisms vastly improved the condition for the latter. We then proceed to propose the utilization of software design patterns as a method to overcome some of the existing challenges faced by adopters of VPLs. Six novel design patterns are introduced, and their application is exemplified by industrial software development case studies.
Highlights
Since second half of the 20th century, the global construction in dustry has been witnessing stagnating productivity, while other sectors such as manufacturing, has experienced a significant increase in pro ductivity [13,2,3]
We demonstrate how software design patterns could contribute to further increasing the efficiency of the development process
Having established that parametric modelling holds a significant potential for increasing the efficiency in building robotic applications in construction industry, we have tried to address major open problems pertaining to maintainability, stability, reusability and performance of parametric models
Summary
Since second half of the 20th century, the global construction in dustry has been witnessing stagnating productivity, while other sectors such as manufacturing, has experienced a significant increase in pro ductivity [13,2,3]. It is our hypothesis that successful adoption of automation within global construction can only be achieved through a software framework which enables rapid design, development and testing of new robotic applications. In preceding work by authors of this paper, Higher Order Knowledge System (HOKS) has been introduced to overcome this chal lenge [12]. This framework enables a parallel workflow within the application development process, wherein contributors with diverse skill sets can collaboratively co-develop across their knowledge domains
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