Haas, C T and Kim, Y (2002) Automation in infrastructure construction. Construction Innovation, 2(3), pp. 191-210. ISSN 1471-4175
Abstract
Infrastructure construction has experienced significant recent advances in automation. Such advances will only accelerate in the future. They are founded on enabling technologies such as positioning systems, advanced control methods, and graphical interfaces. This paper begins by describing the relevance of these enabling technologies to automation in infrastructure construction. It then focuses on classes of applications, including earth moving, compaction, road construction and maintenance, and trenchless technology. Because of the less regulated, relatively repetitive, and wellfinanced nature of such work, it is likely to experience quicker progress than other application domains.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | automation; infrastructure; maintenance; mal; road construction; trenchless technology |
| Index terms: | infrastructure construction, road construction, earth moving, automation, control method |
| Subjects: | automation and robotics, monitoring and control, civil engineering, building construction |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Digital Applications, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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