Paulson, B C (1985) Automation and robotics for construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 111(3), pp. 190-207. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
The potential for automated real-time data acquisition, process control and robotics for remote, large-scale field operations, such as those on construction engineering projects, is addressed. Classifications of technologies for automation and robotics in such operations include hard-wired instrumentation, remote sensing, analog and digital telecommunications, optical (laser, infrared and fiber-optic) data transmission, monitoring via microcomputer-based instrument control and data recording, on-site process control for fixed plants, partial or fully automatic control of mobile equipment, fixed-based manipulators, mobile robots, communications between on-site computers and automated machinery, electronic ranging and detection, and video-image pattern recognition. Combining selected technologies with microcomputer-based software could facilitate analysis, design and control decision-making, and could provide a means of coordinating various discrete automated components or machines that must work together to perform field tasks. This paper also mentions categories of needs for such technologies on field operations, and potential barriers to implementation. Progress will depend on the interest and support of researchers qualified to advance this field.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | acquisition, remote sensing, telecommunication, process control, construction engineering, real-time data, monitoring, implementation, automation, automated machinery, robotics, decision-making, site process, pattern recognition, instrumentation |
| Subjects: | data management, decision analysis, computer vision, control systems, engineering methods, analytical methods, operations management, contractual arrangements, research products and data, automation and robotics, business, communication |
| Topics: | Site Management, Business Strategy, Risk Management, Engineering Principles, Sustainability, Procurement, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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