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Drawor Construction Layout System by Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li and Weihan Chen Receives the A' Design Award in Robotics, Automaton and Automation Design
Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li and Weihan Chen recognized for robotics, automaton and automation design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Drawor Construction Layout System by Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li and Weihan Chen, designed for Beijing Institute of Technology, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Robotics, Automaton and Automation Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Drawor Construction Layout System
Drawor is a construction layout system designed for automated site marking. The Drawor system combines a drone, a layout robot and a total station in one digital workflow. The drone carries the robot and the total station to the site. The robot then deploys the equipment and begins the layout process. Dynamic dual-track technology links the total station with a drone-mounted prism, so obstacles no longer block the line of sight. Millimetre-level accuracy is reached with reduced manual work. The system is intended for complex construction environments.
About Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li and Weihan Chen
The founder of a design technology company, who led a team to complete thousands of projects and designed and developed many products for Fortune 500 companies. He has won the Red Dot Award, IF Award, IDEA Award, and is also a member of the Yiwu Industrial Design Association and a higher education worker. Dedicated to innovative design practices and theoretical research, utilizing the power of design to create a better life and serve the development of society and the world.
Award Record
This recognition makes Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li and Weihan Chen a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Robotics, Automaton and Automation Design Award
The A' Robotics Design Award is an international robotics design competition recognizing good robotics designs by robotics designers and engineers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to robotics designers, automation engineers, robotics brands and robot manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include industrial robots, medical robots, agricultural robots, domestic robots, autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots. The awarded robotics designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/robotics
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/170950
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/170950
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!170950
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/366844
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Drawor Construction Layout System
- Function
- Construction Layout System
- Category
- Robotics, Automaton and Automation Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing and Innovation
- Colors
- Linen, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray, Khaki and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Beijing Institute of Technology
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li and Weihan Chen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #170950
Credits
- Team
- Huaibo Zhu, Ziteng Li, Weihan Chen and Tian Yuan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Drawor Construction Layout System is an intelligent unmanned solution that combines a drone, layout robot and total station for intelligent digital collaboration. The drone transports the robot to the site, where it deploys the total station and starts the layout. It uses dynamic dual-track parallel technology and drone-mounted prisms to solve visibility issues caused by obstacles during layout, achieving millimetre-level accuracy. It improves layout accuracy/efficiency, cuts costs, and adapts to complex environments.
- Inspiration
- The construction industry is currently undergoing a profound change towards unmanned and automated development, and the traditional form of construction layout has been difficult to meet the high requirements of modern engineering for precision, efficiency and safety. Manual layout has the problems of large error and low efficiency, requiring workers to carry and work on multiple equipments at the same time, which is a cumbersome process and difficult to locate accurately in the complex construction environment.
- Research
- This study focuses on unmanned and intelligent construction layout and optimises the plan through experiments and field tests. Dynamic dual-track technology breaks through visibility limitations, enables millimetre-level positioning of unmanned aircraft in collaboration with robots, reduces human intervention, enhances adaptability to complex environments, improves accuracy and efficiency, and reduces safety risks.
- Challenge
- The challenge of this project is to achieve an intelligent and integrated technological breakthrough in the traditional construction layout model while ensuring system stability and feasibility. From a creative point of view, the goal is to break through the limitations of traditional construction layout equipment that operates independently and relies heavily on manual labour, and to design an efficient and precise solution that adapts to complex construction environments.
- Realization and Technology
- Drawor construction layout system integrates four core technologies: dual-track dynamic measurement, electric permanent magnet suction cup, laser SLAM navigation, and 5G real-time control to achieve millimetre-level accuracy. It adopts advanced materials such as carbon fibre drones and aerospace aluminium alloy robots to improve construction efficiency and measurement accuracy, and supports digital intelligent construction under complex working conditions.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Drawor system achieves efficient building automation line drawing solution through automated collaboration. Drones accurately deliver laying robots and total stations to the site, and the robots autonomously deploy and initiate the laying process. The dynamic dual track technology ensures real-time linkage between the total station and the drone prism, breaking through line of sight limitations and achieving millimeter level positioning. Reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project begins in March 2024 at the BIT campus and ends in February 2025 at the campus.
- Specifications
- Dimensions (W mm x D mm x H mm) Layout robot: 697 x 396 x 190 Drone (including propeller): 1041 x 661 x 134 Total station: 125 x 106 x 303
- Keywords
- Construction layout, line-marking robot, total station, UAV deployment, unmanned construction, dynamic dual-track technology, digital construction
