Additive manufacturing as an enabling technology for digital construction: A perspective on Construction 4.0

F Craveiro, JP Duarte, H Bartolo, PJ Bartolo - Automation in construction, 2019 - Elsevier
The construction sector plays a key role in any country's economy. According to a report
published by the World Economic Forum, the construction industry currently accounts for …

3D printing in the construction industry-A systematic review of the thermal performance in buildings

S Pessoa, AS Guimarães, SS Lucas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Building Information Modelling (BIM) paved the way to better information
management in the construction sector, simplifying and encouraging the advent of digital …

Productivity of digital fabrication in construction: Cost and time analysis of a robotically built wall

BG De Soto, I Agustí-Juan, J Hunhevicz, S Joss… - Automation in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although automation has been actively and successfully used in different industries since
the 1970s, its application to the construction industry is still rare or not fully exploited. In …

Construction 4.0

A Sawhney, M Riley, J Irizarry… - Sawhney, A., Riley, M …, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
With the pervasive use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), lean principles, digital
technologies, and offsite construction, the industry is at the cusp of this transformation. The …

Human–robot collaboration in construction: Classification and research trends

CJ Liang, X Wang, VR Kamat… - Journal of Construction …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Construction robots continue to be increasingly deployed on construction sites to assist
human workers in various tasks to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity. Due to the …

Robot assisted additive manufacturing: A review

P Urhal, A Weightman, C Diver, P Bartolo - Robotics and Computer …, 2019 - Elsevier
The additive manufacturing and the robotic applications are tremendously increasing in the
manufacturing field. This review paper discusses the concept of robotic-assisted additive …

Implications of Construction 4.0 to the workforce and organizational structures

B García de Soto, I Agustí-Juan, S Joss… - International journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The counterpart of Industry 4.0 in the AEC/FM industry is known as Construction 4.0. Its
essence is the digitalization and automation of the AEC/FM industry. As robots and other …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible and transportable robotic timber construction platform–TIM

HJ Wagner, M Alvarez, O Kyjanek, Z Bhiri… - Automation in …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new approach to robotic fabrication in the building industry through
the conceptualization, development and evaluation of a largescale, transportable and …

Data-driven model predictive control for trajectory tracking with a robotic arm

A Carron, E Arcari, M Wermelinger… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-precision trajectory tracking is fundamental in robotic manipulation. While industrial
robots address this through stiffness and high-performance hardware, compliant and cost …

Toward site-specific and self-sufficient robotic fabrication on architectural scales

SJ Keating, JC Leland, L Cai, N Oxman - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Contemporary construction techniques are slow, labor-intensive, dangerous, expensive, and
constrained to primarily rectilinear forms, often resulting in homogenous structures built …