A Robot-Built Home?! SPACE FACTORY : Automation of window assembly for modular houses! 🛠️🏠

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Process Overview

This deployment is the first domestic solution that automates modular housing window-frame assembly by combining KUKA industrial robots, a custom-designed robot gripper, and High Payload Track Motion. SPACE FACTORY introduced this window-frame assembly automation system to reduce construction costs and to produce modular housing with consistent quality.

Project Background and Objectives

In the existing operation, skilled technicians assembled sash frames manually, which required long working time, and significant manpower was needed to respond to diverse customer requirements. In addition, due to the wide work environment and the complex robot operating environment, real-time monitoring was difficult, creating limitations in process management.

The objective of this project is to dramatically reduce working time by automating the window-frame assembly process, build a standardized production system to ensure consistent quality, and maximize process management efficiency through a real-time production monitoring system.

Components

Robot	KUKA KR 210 R3100 industrial robot: With a maximum payload of 210 kg and a reach of 3,065 mm, this robot is optimized for high-payload handling and high-precision motion. Custom-designed robot gripper and High Payload Track Motion: These enable a range of operations including wooden material alignment and transfer, upper/lower window-frame assembly, and frame transfer.
Peripherals	SOLlink Industrial system: Supports real-time monitoring of robot status and production operations, helping quickly identify and respond to process bottlenecks and delay points.

Workflow

STEP 1.	Using the custom-designed robot gripper, wooden materials are accurately aligned and transferred
STEP 2.	In accordance with the modular production system, the upper and lower sections of the window frame are automatically assembled
STEP 3.	After assembly, the robot transfers the completed wooden frame safely and accurately.

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Key Features

Flexible modular assembly configuration: Customizable assembly is supported through a modular production system with 42 different patterns.
Automated production and real-time monitoring: Robot and operation status can be monitored in real time, enabling faster issue response and more efficient process control.

Implementation Results

ROI Period
Key Metrics	Improved operational efficiency: Compared to manual work, cycle time was reduced by 30–40%, increasing productivity. Cost reduction: Standardized production and reduced defects helped lower construction costs. Quality consistency: The automated system enabled continuous production of modular homes with consistent quality regardless of worker skill level. Scalable production: Even with a small number of operators, it became possible to mass-produce a variety of wood-frame modular housing window assemblies within a short period.
Client Feedback	SPACE FACTORY noted that window-frame assembly automation helped maintain consistent quality while reducing construction cost and time. They also highlighted that real-time monitoring via SOLink Industrial enabled more efficient process control, and improved responsiveness to issues on the production floor.

Process Overview

Project Background and Objectives

Components

Workflow

Key Features

Key Features

Implementation Results

A Robot-Built Home?! SPACE FACTORY : Automation of window assembly for modular houses! 🛠️🏠

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