Descripción
Automation and robotics have helped manufacturing, retail, and agriculture industries increase productivity by 1,500% since 1945 (McKinsey 2017). In contrast, however, construction productivity has remained relatively stagnant during the same time period. For the robotics industry, construction presents potential use cases and unique applications that can utilize a variety of evolving technologies, from drones, ground robotics, teleoperation, machine vision, additive manufacturing, and assistive robotics. Automation has been implemented in other industries to solve challenges associated with labor productivity, material waste, quality control, and so on—but why not construction? This panel will bring together representatives from the architecture, engineering, and construction industry with technology and thought leaders from the robotics community to develop a collective understanding of the problems and opportunities, and discuss how to take the next steps.
Aprendizajes clave
- Discover what robotics in construction means
- Understand which workflows are creating opportunities for automation
- Learn what training needs to occur to prepare for automation and robotics
- Understand the impact of robotics on the supply chain
Orador
- NKNathan KingDr. Nathan King is the Senior Industry Engagement Manager for the Autodesk Technology Centers focusing on AEC where he develops research collaborations between Industry, Design Practice, and Academia. With master’s degrees in Architecture and Industrial Design, Nathan earned his Doctor of Design from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design with a focus on additive manufacturing and robotics in design and construction. As a designer, Nathan’s work spans the globe with built work in Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Haiti, Sweden, Dominican Republic, United States, and beyond. Nathan is a faculty member at Virginia Tech where he teaches courses in Industrial Design, Architecture, Construction and Engineering, is Co-Director of the Center for Design Research (CDR); and regularly a visiting lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design focusing on topics relating to automation in design and construction.
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