ObraLink LAB

The team is composed of a multidisciplinary group of highly technical professionals from different industries, such as construction, industrial automation, and the medical industry.

The technologies that ObraLink LAB is currently working on are infrared thermography, computer vision, Lidar, and LoRa and LoRaWAN radio frequency communication protocols. In addition to this, ObraLink LAB has manufacturing tools for rapid prototyping such as 3D printers that allow it to release solutions to the market in a much more efficient way.

We are currently prototyping the following developments: wireless thermocouples for automatic communication with CiBot, point cloud of structural stage acquired by CiBot and integrated into BIM 

LIDAR technology for geometric survey on site

Thanks to our Lidar sensor, ObraLink is capable of generating a cloud of points from the ciBot installed on the crane. These data are used internally to detect progress and later check the geometry measurements with BIM. In addition, we are exploring developments that allow us to use this information to determine geometric deviations in the work and in structural elements such as walls and slab edges.

CiBot Production

One of the most important tasks of ObraLink LAB is to lead the manufacturing of all CiBots units, which will be available for construction project monitoring. This task requires the use of manufacturing know-how and techniques in order to make the production plans as efficient as possible.  Thus, advanced manufacturing techniques, such as mass production and 3D printing, must be implemented by ObraLink LAB’s professional team.

3D printer for fabrication and prototyping

ObraLink uses 3D printing to produce the brackets and casing of the computer-controlled pan-til, which supports and protects the CiBot cameras. In addition, we use the printers to quickly produce casings and brackets for new hardware components that we need to test on the job sites, such as wireless thermocouples, which will soon be in production.

Development of LORA wireless sensors and Bluetooth 5.0

ObraLink LAB, through its R&D team, is constantly exploring new ways to automatically acquire data from the job site to the end user. As such, in Q2 2023, we will release for production our new wireless thermocouples that will allow the measurement of resistance inside large-scale concrete, both in infrastructure, industrial, and in mining projects.  In addition, we are starting to develop sensors for tracking workers and materials inside the work sites.

LIDAR technology for geometric survey on site

Thanks to its Lidar sensor, ObraLink is capable of generating a cloud of points from the ciBot installed on the crane. These data are used internally to detect progress and later check with BIM. In addition, we are exploring developments that allow us to use this information to determine geometric deviations in the work and in structural elements such as walls and slab edges.