Automation and robotics technology is expected to improve the productivity of the
construction industry as well as to solve problems such as labor shortage and safety risks …

In recent decades, skyscrapers, as represented by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Shanghai
Tower in Shanghai, have been built due to the improvements of construction technologies …

Now in its third edition, this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the multidisciplinary
field of mobile robotics, which lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational …

This paper presents a novel garbage pickup robot which operates on the grass. The robot is
able to detect the garbage accurately and autonomously by using a deep neural network for …

The maintenance and inspection of large vertical structures with autonomous systems is still
an unsolved problem. A large number of different robots exist which are able to navigate on …

Climbing soft robots are of tremendous interest in both science and engineering due to their
potential applications in intelligent surveillance, inspection, maintenance, and detection …

Contribution: Prior studies have shown that project-based learning (PBL) is an effective
approach on engineering education. This study further identifies the impact of a design …

In this article, a robot system for intelligent water surface cleaner named IWSCR is
developed to collect floating plastic garbage. It is able to accomplish three major tasks …

This paper describes the Magnebike robot, a compact robot with two magnetic wheels in a
motorbike arrangement, which is intended for inspecting the inner casing of ferromagnetic …

This paper proposes an underactuated modular climbing robot with flat dry elastomer
adhesives. This robot is designed to achieve high speed, high payload, and dexterous …