Automated drywall planning system and method

A networked automated drywalling system comprising:

• one or more automated drywalling systems that each comprise a positioning stage;
• a computing device that communicates with the one or more automated drywalling systems to coordinate a plurality of drywalling tasks and to cause the one or more automated drywalling systems to perform the plurality of drywalling tasks, the computing device executing a computational planner that:
• generates instructions for the one or more automated drywalling systems to perform the plurality of drywalling tasks associated with a target wall assembly based on a determination that drywall mud applied to specific areas of pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly has dried or cured, the plurality of drywalling tasks including:
• a first drywalling task that includes performing the first drywalling task on the specific areas of the pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly, with the specific areas being based at least in part on a configuration of a plurality of drywall pieces disposed on or to be disposed on studs of the target wall assembly, the first drywalling task including a mudding drywalling task;
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• a second drywalling task that includes performing the second drywalling task on at least the specific areas of pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly, the second drywalling task performed after the first drywalling task and including work performed on at least material previously applied to the specific areas of pieces of drywall.

A drywalling networked computing device that communicates with one or more drywalling systems of a worksite to coordinate drywalling tasks and to cause the one or more drywalling systems to perform the drywalling tasks of a drywalling process, the drywalling network computing device executing a computational planner that:

• receives information about the drywalling tasks from the one or more drywalling systems, based on the received information about the drywalling tasks, determines a plan comprising a map of the worksite, a configuration of a plurality of drywall pieces hung on studs of a target wall assembly, and the drywalling process;
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• generates instructions for each one of the one or more drywalling systems to perform the drywalling tasks associated with a target wall assembly based on the plan, the drywalling tasks includes:
• a first drywalling task that includes performing the first drywalling task according to the plan on specific areas of pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly, with the specific areas being based at least in part on a configuration of a plurality of drywall pieces disposed on studs of the target wall assembly;
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• a second drywalling task that includes performing the second drywalling task according to the plan on at least the specific areas of pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly, the second drywalling task performed after the first drywalling task according to the plan and including work performed on at least material previously applied to the specific areas of pieces of drywall.