Construction work is often dangerous, dull, repetitive and can lead to short-term and long-term injuries as well as early retirement. Robotic assistants “have the potential of alleviating some of these issues in construction and helping overcome the sustained shortage of skilled workers that the industry has been experiencing,” said Vineet R. Kamat, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a member of the research team at U of M.
Part of the research includes improving automation technology in order to make robots intelligent enough to serve as productive co-workers to human supervisors, much like a human trainee, according to Kamat.
