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Construction Robotics and Automation Research at Taisei
Author(s) -
Fujinami Yasuo,
Mitsuoka Hiroshi,
Suzuki Aketo,
Kimura Takahiko
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1995.tb00300.x
Subject(s) - robotics , automation , artificial intelligence , robot , process (computing) , computer science , corporation , focus (optics) , software engineering , engineering , engineering management , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language , business , physics , optics , finance
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to focus on special items of research and development (R&D) areas in which Taisei Corporation is active, to discuss some of the issues involved in automation research and the importance of information management in automation and robotics, and to delve into the possible future of construction robotics and automation. In the first section we break automation and robotics down into four levels: simple mechanization, robots, mechanized construction systems, and fully automated construction. Each is discussed separately and, with the exception of fully automated construction, examples of R&D in each category are described. This gives the reader a glimpse of what a general contractor in Japan is currently doing. In the second section we describe information‐integrated construction (IIC), which can be defined as the use of computer technology to collect, store, manipulate, enhance, and display construction information and expertise as a way to streamline the construction process.