Over the past decades, robotics has shown great potential to impact the built environment,
from automation to differentiation and efficient construction. However, construction …

Engineered wood products (EWPs) are being increasingly used as construction materials.
EWPs are currently being made using synthetic adhesives or metal fasteners, which lead to …

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 …

Natural wood, renowned for its low carbon emissions, renewability, and impressive
durability, is gaining prominence in the construction industry as a sustainable solution …

By shifting most of the site work to factories, manufacturing becomes a critical phase in
modular construction. Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a promising approach to …

Currently, the timber industry in the European Union incinerates up to 80% of its waste
wood, releasing its embodied CO2 into the atmosphere while producing energy. This …

In a cooperative robotic fabrication (CRF) framework, multiple industrial robots are
specifically sequenced to work together, thus allowing them to execute coordinated …

The Dougong (brackets set) is a traditional Chinese capital used to transfer the roof load to
the columns. Besides its historical significance, it is also known for its anti-seismic and …

TimberSLAM (TSLAM) is an object-centered, tag-based visual self-localization and mapping
(SLAM) system for monocular RGB cameras. It was specifically developed to support a …

Automation, including the use of robots, is increasingly presented as a potential solution to
the lagging efficiency of the construction industry. Buildings designed for robotic construction …