Adoption of Special Materials for the Development of Construction Automation

Abstract

The development of construction technologies, which will be more readily adoptable to automation and robotization will, to a large extent, determine the success of this new field. The present paper discusses new developments in inorganic (cementitious) and polymeric materials, that could be adopted, with some modifications, for advancing new construction methods, based on simple, single stage operations. Such materials and methods could be particularly efficient in various finishing works, that are usually labor intensive and complex. Some areas where research could be fruitful are identified, and several developments of simple construction methods based on new and improved materials are described.