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 technologies in the architecture, engineering and construction (Aec) industry—a bibliometric—qualitative literature review of research activities

B Manzoor, I Othman, JC Pomares - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Digital technologies (DTs) are proven helpful in the Architecture, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) industry due to their varied benefits to project stakeholders, such as …

The robotarium: Globally impactful opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned in remote-access, distributed control of multirobot systems

S Wilson, P Glotfelter, L Wang, S Mayya… - IEEE Control …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed control has emerged as a major focus in the systems and controls area, with
multiagent robotics playing a prominent role both as a canonical instantiation of a system …

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 …

Lunar shelter construction issues: The state-of-the-art towards 3D printing technologies

S Ulubeyli - Acta astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
The next step for the exploration of space seems to require the human participation by
means of a long-lasting lunar outpost. Therefore, this paper attempts to review the up-to-date …

Automated on-site assembly of timber buildings on the example of a biomimetic shell

APR Lauer, E Benner, T Stark, S Klassen… - Automation in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Automating on-site assembly benefits quality and productivity, reduces physical strain on
workers, and counteracts construction worker shortages. This paper develops a concept for …

[HTML][HTML] Intelligent agent supporting human–multi-robot team collaboration

A Rosenfeld, N Agmon, O Maksimov, S Kraus - Artificial Intelligence, 2017 - Elsevier
The number of multi-robot systems deployed in field applications has risen dramatically over
the years. Nevertheless, supervising and operating multiple robots simultaneously is a …

Towards automating construction tasks: Large‐scale object map**, segmentation, and manipulation

R Mascaro, M Wermelinger, M Hutter… - Journal of Field …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Automating building processes through robotic systems has the potential to address the
need for safer, more efficient, and sustainable construction operations. While ongoing …

A fully-integrated sensing and control system for high-accuracy mobile robotic building construction

A Gawel, H Blum, J Pankert, K Krämer… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a fully-integrated sensing and control system which enables mobile manipulator
robots to execute building tasks with millimeter-scale accuracy on building construction …

Robust task and motion planning for long-horizon architectural construction planning

VN Hartmann, OS Oguz, D Driess… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrating robotic systems in architectural and construction processes is of core interest to
increase the efficiency of the building industry. Automated planning for such systems …