Automated construction in Japan

Research Output

Over the last 20 years the concept of automating construction
and civil engineering operations has become a reality within
Japan, resulting in improvements in site safety, efficiency and
productivity. Examples renewed in this paper include concrete
finishing, material handling, earthworks and integrated
construction automation systems. However, the paper
concludes that construction environments need to be much
more structured and controlled before construction robots
can really start to take over.

Type:

Article
Date:

28 February 2003
Publication Status:

Published
Publisher

Thomas Telford for ICE
DOI:

10.1680/cien.2003.156.1.34
Cross Ref:

10.1680/cien.2003.156.1.34
ISSN:

0965-089X
Library of Congress:

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Dewey Decimal Classification:

624 Civil engineering
Funders:

Royal Society of Edinburgh; EPSRC

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/266094 Taylor, M., Wamuziri, S., & Smith, I. (2003). Automated construction in Japan. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 156(1), 34-41. doi:10.1680/cien.2003.156.1.34

Citation

Taylor, M., Wamuziri, S., & Smith, I. (2003). Automated construction in Japan. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 156(1), 34-41. doi:10.1680/cien.2003.156.1.34