A review of collective robotic construction

KH Petersen, N Napp, R Stuart-Smith, D Rus… - Science Robotics, 2019 - science.org
The increasing need for safe, inexpensive, and sustainable construction, combined with
novel technological enablers, has made large-scale construction by robot teams an active …

A framework for robotic excavation and dry stone construction using on-site materials

RL Johns, M Wermelinger, R Mascaro, D Jud… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
Automated building processes that enable efficient in situ resource utilization can facilitate
construction in remote locations while simultaneously offering a carbon-reducing alternative …

Architectural design in collective robotic construction

S Leder, A Menges - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Building construction is one application of multiple robot systems (MRS) that is seeing a rise
in research and is known as collective robotic construction (CRC). CRC specifically …

Towards automating construction tasks: Large‐scale object mapping, 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous dry stone: On-site planning and assembly of stone walls with a robotic excavator

RL Johns, M Wermelinger, R Mascaro, D Jud… - Construction …, 2020 - Springer
On-site robotic construction not only has the potential to enable architectural assemblies that
exceed the size and complexity practical with laboratory-based prefabrication methods, but …

[PDF][PDF] Are autonomous mobile robots able to take over construction? A review

H Ardiny, S Witwicki, F Mondada - 2015 - sid.ir
Although construction has been known as a highly complex application field for autonomous
robotic systems, recent advances in this field offer great hope for using robotic capabilities to …

Dry stacking for automated construction with irregular objects

V Thangavelu, Y Liu, M Saboia… - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a method for automatically building structures from stacked, irregularly shaped
objects. This is a simplified model for the problem of building dry stacked structures (ie no …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced co-design and evaluation of a collective robotic construction system for the assembly of large-scale in-plane timber structures

S Leder, HG Kim, M Sitti, A Menges - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
Collective robotic construction (CRC) is an emerging approach to construction automation
based on the collaboration among teams of small mobile robots. This paper enhances an …

Autonomous adaptive modification of unstructured environments

MS da Silva - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Robotic systems with construction capabilities can be used to support humans in remote and
hostile environments, potentially increasing safety, reducing costs and streamlining the …

Autonomous multi-material construction with a heterogeneous robot team

M Saboia, V Thangavelu, N Napp - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a construction model that allows robots with different construction capabilities,
using materials of different physical properties and sizes, to modify unstructured …