SITEBOT

SITEBOT targets safer, faster and greener on-site building assembly by advancing autonomous robot collectives for timber-based construction. The project’s objectives are to (i) create a reconfigurable multi-robot platform (two climbing robots, a UAV and a mobile base) with standardized mechanical/electrical interfaces; (ii) develop AI-based perception, semantic mapping and resilient multi-robot coordination for unstructured sites; (iii) ensure certified, explainable control and ergonomic human–robot collaboration; and (iv) validate productivity, safety and quality gains on a lab-scale building demonstrator (≈5×5×2.5 m). These objectives are achieved through an end-to-end pipeline linking computational design and a digital twin with execution. A “robot-ready” building model encodes components, tolerances and processes; tasks are planned and stress-tested in simulation; then executed and verified in the physical pilot with continuous sensing, self-diagnostics and quality assurance. Open, vendor-neutral interfaces allow rapid extension, while safety engineering, risk management and ethics-by-design guide all developments. Results include a modular hardware/software stack, public methods and datasets enabling reproducible research and training, and evidence of impact versus manual or single-robot baselines. Relevance: SITEBOT directly supports the work programme by pushing the frontiers of robotics and AI for real-world construction, a sector critical for climate goals and European resilience. By enabling precise, low-waste assembly with lightweight timber systems, the project contributes to circularity and reduced embodied emissions. The consortium (leading universities/RTOs and an SME integrator) couples scientific excellence with clear pathways to uptake: stakeholder workshops, open science, and exploitation plans aligned with industrial needs. SITEBOT will de-risk future pilots and empower European SMEs to adopt multi-robot solutions beyond the project.