Automation and robotics in construction: International research and achievements

Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2009.12.011

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“…Automated data collection technologies have the potential to improve information integration and enhancing team collaboration and communication (Zavadskas 2010). Although ADC technologies offer new opportunities to establish effective management tools, research studies have indicated the construction industry is a late adopter of ADC technologies (Love et al 2004).…”

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Perceptions of Automated Data Collection Technology Use in the Construction Industry

Sardroud

2014

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Research projects have indicated development of several technical solutions for the management of construction activities. However, little attention has been paid to the issues regarding the adoption and implementation of these techniques. This study investigates the perception of Automated Data Collection (ADC) technology usage in construction, and identifies reasons why available ADC technology has not been fully introduced in construction. A comprehensive literature review carried out in this research identifies barriers to the adoption of ADC technology. In total, 19 key factors are identified as barriers for adoption of ADC technology in construction, and validated through an international questionnaire survey. According to the results, process related factors play an essential role in adopting automated data acquisition technologies in the construction industry. In order to form the backbone of technology adoption in real scenarios, and to identify driving factors in this field, this paper also introduces an implementation framework for ADC technology in the construction industry.

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Perceptions of Automated Data Collection Technology Use in the Construction Industry

Sardroud

2014

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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“…Some works explore how to integrate a human in the loop to handle contingencies (Sellner et al 2006). With the same engineering orientation, architects (Gramazio 2008) and the construction industry (Gambao et al 2000) have shown a long-lasting interest in automation and robotic approaches (Skibniewski and Wooldridge 1992;Zavadskas 2010). The foci of these works vary from robots doing specific tasks automatically, such as drilling (Molfino et al 2008), painting road lanes (Woo et al 2008) or constructing structures by continuous deposition of concrete (Khoshnevis 2004), to the automatic deployment and assembly of construction tools (Kang and Miranda 2006;Skibniewski and Wooldridge 1992) and the high-level planning and scheduling of construction operations (Hsie et al 2009;Jun and El-Rayes 2010).…”

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“…Our experimental setup is inspired by the challenges of autonomous construction, which has several potential applications: in the short term, the building industry has recognised the importance of robotics 2 for its potential to reduce casualties and improve efficiency and acknowledges that much work remains to be done (Zavadskas 2010). In the long term, robots could replace or reinforce infrastructure after natural disasters, or they might construct settlements for space exploration.…”

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Autonomous construction using scarce resources in unknown environments

2012

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The goal of creating machines that autonomously perform useful work in a safe, robust and intelligent manner continues to motivate robotics research. Achieving this autonomy requires capabilities for understanding the environment, physically interacting with it, predicting the outcomes of actions and reasoning with this knowledge. Such intelligent physical interaction was at the centre of early robotic investigations and remains an open topic.In this paper, we build on the fruit of decades of research to explore further this question in the context of autonomous construction in unknown environments with scarce resources. Our scenario involves a miniature mobile robot that autonomously maps an environment and uses cubes to bridge ditches and build vertical structures according to high-level goals given by a human.Based on a "real but contrived" experimental design, our results encompass practical insights for future applications that also need to integrate complex behaviours under hardware constraints, and shed light on the broader question of

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“…Automation and robotics is an emerging field within construction engineering (Zavadskas 2010). The successful implementation of a new robot on real construction jobsites requires the buy-in of several stakeholders including owners, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and workers.…”

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Virtual Prototyping for Robotic Fabrication of Rebar Cages in Manufactured Concrete Construction

Garg

Kamat

2014

J. Archit. Eng.

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Automation and robotics in construction: International research and achievements

Cited by 38 publications

References 46 publications

Perceptions of Automated Data Collection Technology Use in the Construction Industry

Perceptions of Automated Data Collection Technology Use in the Construction Industry

Autonomous construction using scarce resources in unknown environments

Virtual Prototyping for Robotic Fabrication of Rebar Cages in Manufactured Concrete Construction

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