On-site autonomous construction robots: Towards unsupervised building

N Melenbrink, J Werfel, A Menges - Automation in construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Real-world construction projects typically require three groups of tasks: site preparation
(earthmoving, leveling), substructure (anchoring, foundations), and superstructure (load …

Digital concrete: a review

T Wangler, N Roussel, FP Bos, TAM Salet… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Digital fabrication techniques with concrete and cementitious materials have seen a large
amount of research and industrial activity recently, with industrialization of techniques such …

Structural stay-in-place formwork for robotic in situ fabrication of non-standard concrete structures: A real scale architectural demonstrator

N Hack, K Dörfler, AN Walzer, T Wangler… - Automation in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Concrete is a highly versatile construction material, not only for the reason that it has
excellent properties in terms of structural performance, building physics, availability and …

Mobile robotic fabrication at 1: 1 scale: the in situ fabricator: system, experiences and current developments

M Giftthaler, T Sandy, K Dörfler, I Brooks… - Construction …, 2017 - Springer
This paper presents the concept of an In situ Fabricator, a mobile robot intended for on-site
manufacturing, assembly and digital fabrication. We present an overview of a prototype …