NIST Construction Automation Program, Report No. 2. NIST Construction Automation Workshop. Proceedings. March 20-31, 1995.
NIST Construction Automation Program, Report No. 2.
NIST Construction Automation Workshop. Proceedings.
March 20-31, 1995.
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Stone, W. C.
NISTIR 5856; 156 p. May 1996.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST
Construction Automation Program, Report No. 2. NIST
Construction Automation Workshop. Proceedings. March
20-31, 1995, 1996.
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National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB96-202239
Keywords:
automated building construction; automated excavation;
construction automation; construction robotics; data
exchange standards; helmet mounted displays; laser
metrology; non-line-of-sight metrology; telemetry;
virtual reality displays; wireless communication
Abstract:
A two-day workshop on Construction Automation was hosted
at NIST during March 30-31, 1995. Research programs
actively underway at NIST in this area include the
development of sensing systems, hardware, and software
algorithms for advanced real time construction site
metrology; wide band telemetry and data acquisition [the
ability to track many sensors at once through wireless
communications]; virtual site simulation and object
representation standards [development of robust virtual
reality models for construction site objects and
machines]; person-in-loop systems [including head-up
displays, virtual simulators, tele-operations
workstations, and portable database interrogators]; and
semi-autonomous machine operations. These topics, and
the need for database and machine interfacing standards,
were discussed by workshop participants representing
industry, government, and academe. Specific invited
presentations included laser distancing,
non-line-of-sight and kinematic GPS metrology, automated
data exchange standards, real-time kinematic modeling,
military helmet-mounted displays, virtual reality
displays, construction robotics, automated excavation,
virtual site representation, and automated building
construction.
Selected Papers
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899