- Author
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Stone, W. C.
- Title
- NIST Construction Automation Initiative.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5856
May 1996
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST Construction Automation Program, Report No. 2. NIST Construction Automation Workshop. Proceedings. Chapter One: Topical Lectures. Paper 1.3. March 20-31, 1995,
13-21 p.,
['1995', '1996']
- Keywords
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construction
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technology transfer
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robotics
- Identifiers
- construction automation and robotics initiative; real-time site metrology; construction site telemetry; virtual site simulation; person-in-loop systems; construction robotics
- Abstract
- Before we get started, let me introduce a few key people who have helped to organize this workshop. I would like to thank Ken Goodwin from the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL), Kent Reed from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), and Jim Albus and Nick Dagalakis, also from MEL. One of the reasons that we are here is to see where we might be able to go with future construction technologies. I would like to open with the thought that "It's already been done." An I have a video to prove it. [Brief clip from the 1984 movie Runaway, staring Tom Selleck, showing industrial robots construction a high rise steel frame building.]