NIST research in autonomous construction

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-221

  Lytle, Alan M ^a   Saidi, Kamel S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Construction automation; Construction visualization; Indoor positioning and tracking; Parallel kinematic machine; Robotic crane

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DATA TRANSFER; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

3D IMAGING; CONSTRUCTION AUTOMATION; CONSTRUCTION VISUALIZATION; INDOOR POSITIONING; PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINES; ROBOTIC CRANES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33847722569     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-9003-x     Document Type: Article

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