NIST Construction Automation Initiative.
NIST Construction Automation Initiative.
(10890 K)
Stone, W. C.
NISTIR 5856; May 1996.
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 pp, 1995.
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Order number: PB96-202239
Keywords:
construction; technology transfer; 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.]
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899