Construction Robots

◈ Title : Construction Robots
◈ Speaker : Prof.  Myo-Taeg Lim (Korea University)
◈ Date & Time : Friday, October 7, 2011 (14:00pm ~ 15:30pm)
◈ Place : LG Research Building, Room #101
◈ Host :  Prof. Sangchul Won (T. 2221)
             BK21 Educational Institute of Future Information Technology
◈ Abstract : In this seminar, we introduce a tend of recent research and development concerning automation of building construction and present the new development of robot based building construction automation system. As modern buildings are becoming taller, the construction technologies become even more complicated. Moreover, the number of skilled construction workers is decreasing drastically as the world enters the aging society. These social environments force us to search for the novel convergence of construction and intelligent robotics technologies. We believe that the human-robot cooperation system, where robots carry outa heavy-load and dangerous task, and human operates the robot in a safe place, will play an important role on alleviating those problems.