Rapid automated monitoring of construction site activities using ultra-wideband

Automation and Robotics in Construction - Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 23-28

  Teizer, Jochen ^a   Lao, Davis ^a   Sofer, Menache ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Monitoring; Productivity; Real time; Safety; Sensing; Tracking; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; DECISION MAKING; MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DATA COLLECTION TOOLS; DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; MONITORING CONSTRUCTION; REAL TIME; SENSING;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84862999765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.22260/isarc2007/0008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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